Belle Fourche - Geographical Center of the US
N 44° 40.460 W 103° 51.179
13T E 590913 N 4947413
The 2007 Geographic Center of the Nation Monument has designated Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota as the Geographic Center of the United States.
Waymark Code: WMEKQ8
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2012
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In 1959, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey officially designated a point 20 miles north of Belle Fourche as the geographic center of the United States. It is the center of the nation because the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the United States moved the location of the official center of the nation.