maine is the geographic center of new england.
maine is the geographic center of new england.
what is the geographic center of new england?
maine
according to the united states census bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water, comprising 1.50% of the town. the highest point in dunbarton is above sea level near nh route 13 north of dunbarton center. dunbarton lies fully within the merrimack river watershed.









































the town claims to be the location of the geographic center of new england, based on a boston university calculation from 2008.









































section::::demographics.
dunbarton, new hampshire
in 1918, the coast and geodetic survey found this location by balancing on a point a cardboard cutout shaped like the u.s. this method was accurate to within 20 miles, but while the geodetic survey no longer endorses any location as the center of the u.s., the identification of lebanon, kansas, has remained.









































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the geographic center of the contiguous united states is mentioned in neil gaiman's american gods as a neutral ground where the modern and the old gods can meet despite the war between them.









































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geographic center of the contiguous united states