Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1901 — Center of Population. [ARTICLE]

Center of Population.

The center of population of the United States has been accurately determined by Professors John A. Miller and W. A. Cogsball, of the Indiana University. The exact spot is about -six miles southeast of Oolumbus, and the exact measurement shows it to be in the barnyard of James Marr, on the farm ocoupied by Henry Marr, one of the farmers of Bartholomew county The spot will be marked by a stone shaft which will be plaoed in a position by the Indianapolis News.