N 39° 50 W 098° 35 - Lebanon KS - Permanent Geographic Coordinates on Waymarking.com

~ According to Geographic Center of Lower 48 States of America Waymark ~
?The Lebanon, Kansas Center in fact, was determined by cutting the shape of the lower 48 states out of a cardboard sheet, and balancing it on a point. This determination of the center of gravity of the country (or at least of a jagged piece of cardboard) was used by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1918, and placed the center of the lower 48 states at 39 50'N. longitude 98 35W latitude.

This method, even at its best, is believed to be accurate only within ten or twenty miles. Though the Geodetic Survey would later regret making any official declaration, this early endorsement was enough to enable Lebanon's Hub Club to claim its center as official, beating a few other competing communities for the title, which, it was assumed, could lead to considerable tourist revenue, and literally put the community on the map.

Type of structure: Other Difference between the post coordinates and your GPSr reading: 0.401 miles or 0.645 km Reason for the coordinates: Historic Site

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