Welcome to Historic Mascoutah - Illinois
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paulspaper
N 38° 29.970 W 089° 48.420
16S E 255211 N 4264972
Welcome to Mascoutah, U.S. Center of Population 1970-1980.
Waymark Code: WM3M7Z
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2008
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Mascoutah's claim to fame is that it was the U.S. Center of Population from 1970-1980. In downtown there is a marker commemorating this event/location. Marker Reads: "On May 16, 1971, Secretary of Commerce Maurice H. Stans dedicated this standard marking the Center of Population of the United States.
The 1970 Decennial Census established this center at latitude 38 degrees, 27 minutes, 47 seconds North and longitude 89 degrees, 42 minutes, 22 seconds west. The exact location is 5.3 miles east southeast of this marker."
Type of community: Town
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