Pershing / Praire Gem School House

Historical marker location:

Elk Falls, Kansas

( Marker is at the intersection of 11th Street and Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling south on 11th Street.)

District #26, Elk County, Kansas. 1879 - 1944.

The geographic center of the contiguous United States is located in a field near Belle Fourche, South Dakota, but a marker for it is located in a small town called Belle Plaine, Kansas.