Center of Population of U.S. in 1880 - Boone County, KY, US
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N 39° 02.676 W 084° 38.441
16S E 704181 N 4324374
Center of Population of U.S. in 1880
Waymark Code: WMRYHX
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member dreamhummie
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The 1880 census determined the resident population of the United States to be 50,189,209, an increase of 30.2 percent over the 39,818,449 persons enumerated during the 1870 Census.[6] The mean center of United States population for 1880 was in Boone County, Kentucky.

"The exact center of the population in the United States in 1880 was located within a few hundred yards of this plaque.
North latitude 39° 4' 6"
West longitude 84° 39' 40"
Population base in 1880 was 49,371,340"

Located on Donaldson Road near Mineola Pike at the public viewing area for the Greater Cincinnati Airport in Erlanger, KY

Kentucky Marker no. 1640
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