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Center of population (LOC)

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  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Wikipedia article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_center_of_U.S._population
  • Wystan said:
    According to the 1910 Census, Bloomington, Indiana, had become the new population center of the USA. Another Bain/LOC photo on this subject:
  • Wystan said:
    The man seated at left is Prof. Wilbur A. Cogshall of Indiana University, who on July 21, 1911, had pinpointed the precise location of the population center of the USA, according to the 1910 Census. Story in The New York Times, July 22, 1911: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A03E...
  • Wystan said:
    LIFE Magazine, October 15, 1951 (page 47), ran a photo that showed Prof. Cogshall in 1921, standing beside a beech tree near Spencer, Indiana, which had been inscribed with data of the population center's shift, as recorded in the 1920 Census: From Google Books: books.google.com/books?id=t1QEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&lp...