Lecompton

Historical marker location:

8000 SE I 70, Tecumseh, Kansas

( Marker can be reached from Interstate 70, 10 miles west of S Lawrence Trafficway (State Highway 10).)

Capital of Kansas Territory.

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.