Geographic centers of the United States

Geographic centers of the United States

This is a list of geographic centers of each U.S. state. Note that the geographical center of the entire U.S. is west of Castle Rock in Butte County, South Dakota(coord|44|58|N|103|46|W|), while that of the contiguous 48 is near Lebanon in Smith County, Kansas (coord|39|50|N|98|35|W|region:US-KS_type:landmark).

Source (reference): www.50states.com, www.netstate.com/states/geography

ee also

*Extreme points of the United States
*Extreme points of each U.S. state
*List of U.S. states by elevation
*Mean center of U.S. population


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