The center of area of the United States, excluding Alaska, is in Northern Kansas, in approximate latitude 39° 55', and approximate longitude 98° 50'. The center of population is in latitude 39° ll' 56", and longitude 85° 32/ 53", being about three-fourths of a degree south and more than seventeen degrees east of the center of area. The following table shows the movement of the center of population since 1790.

Year.

Approximate Location. Miles

Westw'D.

1790

23

miles

east of Baltimore. Md

1800

18

miles

west of Baltimore, Md

41

1810

40

miles

N.W. by W. Washington. D.C

36

1820

16

miles

north of Woodstock, Va

50

1830

19

miles

W. S. W. Mooreville, W, Va.........................

39

1840

16

miles

south of Clarksburg, W.Va

55

1850

23

miles

S. E. of Parkersburg, W. Va.......................

55

1860

20

miles

south of Chillicothe, O

81

1870

48

miles

E. by N. of Cincinnati, O

42

1880

8

miles

W. by S. of Cincinnati, O

58

1890

20

miles

east of Columbus, Ind

43