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lilhokie525 OP
Jun 11, 2025 at 06:50 AM ET
today's trivia
Name both of the two states that contain the geographic center of the USA and the population center of the USA, respectively.

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MAHokie69 MAHokie69
WY & IL, respectively
santafe santafe
Kansas ; geographic center Mississippi; for population
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
South Dakota - geo, Missouri - pop
santafe santafe
Well done! I figured some of you hiker type guys would get this
right a way.
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
I knew SD, guessed on MO
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lilhokie525 OP
ding, ding, ding, correct!
Belle Fource, SD (almost in Wyoming) is the geographic center and Hartville, MO (southern MO) is the population center. The population center was Chestertown, MD in the 1790 census. The geographical center was near Lebanon, KS (without AK). Lebanon is in northern KS.
HokieMacDaddy HokieMacDaddy
Visited Belle Fourche (apparently pronounced "bell foosh" by the locals)
last spring - there's a marker for the geo center in town (which is not far from one of my favorite places, the Black Hills), even though the actual spot is about 8 miles NW.
`lag `lag
Interesting, must have driven through there...
Late 80s Hokie Late 80s Hokie
Utah Geography, TN Population.
Late 80s Hokie Late 80s Hokie
Presuming you're doing the entire USA, not "Lower 48".
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lilhokie525 OP
Yes, USA includes AK and HI.
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EDGEMAN
What about US territories?
Aren't they part of the US of A? :)
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hookie
they might be so small they don't affect the result
MP4VT2004 MP4VT2004
Yeah they don't weigh enough. TIC
TomTurkey TomTurkey
And if tipped over...
MP4VT2004 MP4VT2004
Precisely...the fear of capsizing is real.