Puzzle Description:

sarah standing in front of the monument in Lebanon KS marking the geographic center of the contiguous USA

#1: annalivia (annalivia) on Jul 16, 2011 [SPOILER]

The marker supposedly indicates the actual point measured by a survey performed in 1918. In fact, the measured center is about a half to three-quarters of a mile away on a private farm. The farm's owner did not want tourists trudging through his field, so the marker was placed as close as possible. There is usually an American flag flying on the pole placed on top of the monument. Just to the south of the monument, yards away, is a covered picnic area and small four-pew chapel where a couple can take wedding vows.

Method of measurementIn 1918, the Coast and Geodetic Survey found this location by balancing on a point a cardboard cutout shaped like the U.S. Although this method was only accurate to within twenty miles, and the Geodetic Survey no longer endorses any location as the center of the U.S., the identification of Lebanon has stuck.[1] [2]

The plaque's inscription reads:
The GEOGRAPHIC CENTER of the UNITED STATES
LAT. 39°50' LONG. 98°35'
NE 1/4 - SE 1/4 - S32 - T2S - R11W
Located by L.T. Hagadorn of Paulette & Wilson - Engineers and L.A. Beardslee - County Engineer. From data furnished by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Sponsored by Lebanon Hub Club. Lebanon, Kansas. April 25, 1940.

from wikipedia

this is my vote for the correct answer

Nice! You really got to the "heart" of the matter!

well, we'll see what sarah says. if this isn't it, after this I'm out. unless I wake in the middle of the night with an epiphany! this is really fun, tho' and a definate learning experience.

I love this puzzle! I have to put this on my "places to go" list.
Teresa said I picked too large an area, which is true and that I didn't add any other info. So I made a hint puzzle. The hints are that it is a National Monument and it is in Nebraska, Wyoming or South Dakota.

I just visited this site last month! Nice puzzle, Annalivia.

i hope sarah gets that SPOT out of her clothes

:-D @ Bugaboo.

I was thinking "How can you make a puzzle about a landmark more interesting?" And Annalivia did it! Very enjoyable solve.

thanks all!

good one.

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