Meades Ranch Triangulation Station
The Meades Ranch Triangulation Station is a survey marker in Osborne County in the state of Kansas in the Midwestern United States. The marker was initially placed in 1891.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: the geodetic base point for North American Datum coordinates
- Also known as: “Geodetic Center of the United States”, “Meade’s Ranch”, “Meade’s Ranch, Kansas”, “Meade’s Ranch, KS”, “Meades Ranch”, “Meades Ranch, Kansas”, and “Meades Ranch, KS”
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station
- Categories: survey marker and historic site
- Location: Delhi Township, Osborne, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.2244° or 39° 13′ 28″ northLongitude
-98.55044° or 98° 33′ 2″ westInception
1891Open location code
86F36CFX+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 4033333048OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5533990
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Meades Ranch Triangulation Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “米德斯牧場三角點”
- Chinese: “米德斯農場三角點”
- French: “centre géodésique des États-Unis”
- French: “Centre géodésique des États-Unis”
- Japanese: “ミーズランチ”
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