2006-12-22 13:02:53 · 6 answers · asked by rnahayes 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It's in a small park near the town of Lebanon, Kansas.
From my sources: The monument was ceremoniously installed at this site in 1940 (before Alaska and Hawaii joined the union) by the locally run Hub Club, despite the fact that everyone in town was aware that the geographical center was actually elsewhere.
According to their own calculations, the "actual" lower 48 center was three-quarters of a mile away, in the middle of a hog farm. But the farmer, Mr. Johnny Grib, was reluctant to turn his farm into a tourist attraction, so the hilltop site was selected instead.
2006-12-22 13:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The geographical center of the lower 48 states lies outside of Lebanon, Kansas, in the middle of a hog farm.
The geographical center of all 50 states is located 17 miles west of Castle Rock, South Dakota.
The geodetic center of the U.S. is found approximately 42 miles south of Lebanon, Kansas. (Note: A geodetic survey makes corrections to account for the curvature of the Earth.)
2006-12-22 21:13:45 · answer #2 · answered by pinkcallalillie3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The geographic center of the contiguous (lower) 48 states is about four miles west of Lebanon, Kansas, at 98°35' West 39°50' North.
2006-12-22 21:06:09 · answer #3 · answered by fresh2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lebanon, Kansas
2006-12-22 21:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by fade_this_rally 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a small point in the middle of Lebanon, Kansas.
2006-12-23 03:47:01 · answer #5 · answered by Jeremy Medlock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lebanon, Kansas... not to far from where i am, :)
2006-12-23 23:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋