William Allen White

Historical marker location:

517 Merchant Street, Emporia, Kansas

( Marker is on Merchant Street near 6th Street (Kansas Highway 50), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1949

1868 - 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.