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Entry of Alaska and Hawaii as states moved the site from its old position in Smith Center Kansas to Butte County SD.
The US Coast and Geodetic survey announced that the location of the new center is at Latitude 44 degrees, 58 minutes North and Longitude 103 degrees 46 minutes West.

Marker Name: elcome to Belle Fourche ~ The Geological Center of the US Marker Type: Roadside Marker Text: Welcome to Belle Fourche, the geo center of the US. In 1959 following the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union, the US Coast and Geodetic survey officially designated a point 20 miles north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota as the geographic center o

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