Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1893 — The Center of the United. States. [ARTICLE]

The Center of the United. States.

The exact situation of the geographical center of the United Btates is a surprise to anyone who has not given the subject careful attention. The most eastern point of the United States is Quoddy Head, Maine; the western, Attoo Island, Alaska; the most northern, Point Barrow, Alaska; the most southern is Key West, Fla. The center of the quadrangular figure formed by uniting these four points Is located at the crossing of 55 degrees north latitude and 110 dogrees west longitude, about 420 miles north of the northern line of Montana. It is also true of the United States as of Great Britain, that the sun never sets on our territory, for when it Is 6 p. m. on Attoo Island, Alaska, it ie 9:36 a. m. of the following day at Eastport, Matae.