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The Meades Ranch Triangulation Station is a survey marker in Osborne County [2] in the state of Kansas in the Midwestern United States. The marker was initially placed in 1891. From 1901, it was the reference location for establishing a system of horizontal measurement in the United States, known as geodetic datum.
It established the Meades Ranch survey marker, also called the Geodetic Center of the United States. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Transcontinental Traverse, commonly known as the "TCT", grew out of smaller surveying projects that the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) conducted for the United States Air Force missile-tracking program in an area near ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website since that time. [3]
One well-known difference is the placement of the center of the Earth, with the two systems differing by about 2.2 metres (7.2 ft). [ 14 ] In addition, NAD 83 is defined to remain constant over time for points on the North American Plate , whereas WGS 84 is defined with respect to the average of stations all over the world.
I agree with "Meades Ranch Triangulation Station". It is noted as one of the historic names on the NRHP nomination form, and it solves the problem of the misleading Meades Ranch name. Keep the redirect from "Geodetic Center of the United States" though, as that is the NRIS name. Generic1139 01:27, 26 May 2015 (UTC) Seems reasonable to me.
The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.90. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.80% under the age of 18, 5.50% from 18 to 24, 22.30% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 25.70% who were 65 years of age or older.
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