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Renee Contreras De Loach kindly called the item above to my notice. \u00a0(I haven\u2019t located the ultimate source.) \u00a0Very interesting, particularly in view of where I\u2019m sitting right now.<\/p>\n
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She appended this comment:<\/p>\n
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Population center of the U.S.\u00a0<\/span>
Wouldn\u2019t it be interesting if Independence MO literally becomes the center place?<\/span>
For 4 decades the \u201ccenter\u201d has been in Missouri. In 2010 the census named Plato MO, located 213 miles SE of Independence.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posted from Liberty, Missouri<\/p>\n
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