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The geographic center of the United States is a point approximately 20 mi (32 km) north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota at 44°58′2.07622″N 103°46′17.60283″W. It has been regarded as such by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U.S. National Geodetic Survey (NGS) since the additions of Alaska and Hawaii to the United States in 1959.
This is a list of geographic centers of each U.S. state and inhabited territory. The geographic center of the United States is northeast of Belle Fourche in Butte County, South Dakota (44°58′N 103°46′W), [1] while that of the contiguous 48 states is near Lebanon in Smith County, Kansas (39°50′N 98°35′W). [1] The geographic center of North America lies near Rugby, North Dakota (48 ...
Geographic center of North America The geographic center of North America is near Center, North Dakota, [14] according to Peter Rogerson, geography professor at the University at Buffalo, who published a new method of calculating geographical centers. [15]
"Geography of America" redirects here. For geography of the continental landmass, see Geography of North America and Geography of South America. A political map of the United States showing the 50 states, the national capital of Washington, D.C., and the five major U.S. territories. [ note 1 ]
The geographic center of North America is at 48°10′N 100°10′W / 48.167°N 100.167°W / 48.167; -100.167 (Geographic center of the North American continent) , about 6 miles (10 km) west of Balta, in Pierce County, North Dakota. [11]
The megaregions of the United States are eleven regions of the United States that contain two or more roughly adjacent urban metropolitan areas that, through commonality of systems, including transportation, economies, resources, and ecologies, experience blurred boundaries between the urban centers, perceive and act as if they are a continuous ...
The geographical centre of Earth is the geometric centre of all land surfaces on Earth. Geometrically defined it is the centroid of all land surfaces within the two dimensions of the Geoid surface which approximates the Earth's outer shape.
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