Geographic Center of the Conterminous U.S. (48 States)

There is no generally accepted definition of geographic center and no uniform method for determining it. Following the U.S. Geological Survey, the geographic center of an area is defined here as the center of gravity of the surface, or that point on which the surface would balance if it were a plane of uniform thickness. The location is approximate.

No marked or monumented point has been officially established by any government agency as the geographic center of the 50 states, the conterminous U.S. (48 states), or the North American continent. A group of private citizens erected a monument in Lebanon , KS marking it as geographic center of the conterminous U.S. , and a cairn erected in Rugby , ND asserts that location as the center of the North American continent. The geographic center of the conterminous 48 states is near lat. 39º 50’ N. long. 98º 30’ W

The geographic center of the conterminous 48 states is near

LEBANON, SMITH CO., KANSAS

lat. 39º 50' N. long. 98º 30' W