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  2. Geographic center of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The geographic center of the 48 contiguous or conterminous United States, determined in a 1918 survey, is located at , about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kansas, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of the Kansas–Nebraska border

  3. List of geographic centers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The geographic center of the United States is northeast of Belle Fourche in Butte County, South Dakota 1] while that of the contiguous 48 states is near Lebanon in Smith County, Kansas The geographic center of North America lies near Rugby, North Dakota ( 48°10′N 100°10′W  /  48.167°N 100.167°W  / 48.167; -100.167 ), though ...

  4. Mean center of the United States population - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of extreme points of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Geographic center of the 48 contiguous states: approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Lebanon, Kansas The geographic center of North America is at 48°10′N 100°10′W  /  48.167°N 100.167°W  / 48.167; -100.167  ( Geographic center of the North American continent ) , about 6 miles (10 km) west of Balta , in Pierce County, North

  6. Contiguous United States - Wikipedia

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    The term lower 48 is also used to refer to the conterminous United States. The National Geographic style guide recommends the use of contiguous or conterminous United States instead of lower 48 when the 48 states are meant, unless used in the context of Alaska.

  7. Arctic air infiltrates America as all Lower 48 states record ...

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    Parts of all states in the Lower 48 woke up to subfreezing temperatures Tuesday due to a weather pattern that will keep arctic air in place across the eastern half ... the FOX Forecast Center said ...

  8. Conflict around gray wolves has become so hostile, the U.S ...

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    In 1973, the federal government listed them as endangered in the lower 48 states. Fewer than 1,000 wolves roamed in the U.S. at that time, according to the International Wolf Center.

  9. US House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states

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    There were an estimated about 8,000 animals across the lower 48 states in 2022, according to a compilation of wildlife agency data by the Wolf Conservation Center.