The crossroads of America.

• Position: Stateline - Population center - Brief Article

In the midst of Amish country--northern Daviess County, Ind.--lies the center of America's population, at 38 degrees, 45 minutes north latitude and 86 degrees, 56 minutes west longitude, where all you can see in any direction may be about a dozen cows. It's a statistical curiosity that shifts a little farther south and west each decade. The Census Bureau has tracked the median population center since 1880, when it was...