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Map of the Position of the U.S. Geographic Center of Area, Mean Center of Population, and Median Center of Population, 2020 (U.S. Census Bureau) [1] The geographic center of the United States is a point approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Belle Fourche , South Dakota at 44°58′2.07622″N 103°46′17.60283″W / 44.9672433944°N ...
The exact geographic center of the U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown — the default center starting point for the U.S. Virgin Islands on Google Maps is located in the Caribbean Sea, [15] 18.21 miles (29.30 km) south-southeast of Saint Thomas and 18.31 miles (29.47 km) north of Saint Croix — note that this point is the approximate center of the ...
The center of population is the point at which an imaginary, weightless, rigid, and flat (no elevation effects) surface representation of the 50 states (or 48 conterminous states for calculations made prior to 1960) and the District of Columbia would balance if weights of identical size were placed on it so that each weight represented the ...
McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago.It is the largest convention center in North America. [2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 1.0 mi (1.6 km) south of the Chicago Loop.
The moniker refers to the city's central location at the junction of four major Interstate Highways: 65, 69, 70, and 74. [4] Vandalia, Ohio, has also been called the Crossroads of America because US 40 and the eastern division of the Dixie Highway crossed in the middle of the town. [5]
Chicago's highest one-day rainfall total was 6.63 inches (168.4 mm) on September 13, 2008. [6] The previous record of 6.49 inches (164.8 mm) had been set on August 14, 1987. The record for yearly rainfall is 50.86 inches (1,292 mm) set in 2008; 1983 was the wettest year before with 49.35 inches (1,253 mm). [6]
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
no change to map: October 28, 1856 Baker Island and Jarvis Island were claimed under the Guano Islands Act. [4] Pacific Ocean: May 11, 1858 The eastern half of Minnesota Territory was admitted as the thirty-second state, Minnesota. [ah] The remainder became unorganized territory. [174] [224] August 31, 1858 Navassa Island was claimed under the ...