Centers of Population 1790 – 2000

Author:Caitlin Dempsey • 8/27/01 • Categorized as Data

Year	Latitude	Longitude	County, State	Location
2000	37.6969870	-91.8095670	Phelps County, MO	approximately 2.8 miles east of Edgar Springs
1990	37.8722200	-91.2152800	Crawford County, MO,	10 miles southeast of Steelville.
1980	38.1369400	-90.5738900	Jefferson County, MO,	1/4 mile west of DeSoto.
1970	38.4630600	-89.7061100	St. Clair County, IL,	5 miles east-southeast of Mascoutah.
1960	38.5994400	-89.2097200	Clinton County, IL,	6-1/2 miles northwest of Centralia.
1950	38.8041700	-88.3688900	Clay County, IL,	3 miles northeast of Louisville.
1950	38.8391700	-88.1591700	Richland County, IL,	8 miles north-northwest of Olney.
1940	38.9483300	-87.3763900	Sullivan County, IN,	2 miles southeast by east of Carlisle.
1930	39.0625000	-87.1350000	Greene County, IN,	3 miles northeast of Linton.
1920	39.1725000	-86.7208300	Owen County, IN,	8 miles south-southeast of Spencer.
1910	39.1700000	-86.5388900	Monroe County, IN,	in the city of Bloomington.
1900	39.1600000	-85.8150000	Bartholomew,IN	6 miles southeast of Columbus.
1890	39.1988900	-85.5480600	Decatur County, IN	20 miles east of Columbus.
1880	39.0688900	-84.6611100	Boone County, KY,	8 miles west by south of Cincinnati, OH.
1870	39.2000000	-83.5950000	Highland County, OH,	48 miles east by north of Cincinnati.
1860	39.0066700	-82.8133300	Pike County, OH,	20 miles south by east of Chillcothe.
1850	38.9833300	-81.3166700	Wirt County, WV,	23 miles southeast of Parkersburg (2).
1840	39.0333300	-80.3000000	Upshur County, WV,	16 miles south of Clarksburg. Upshur County was formed from parts of Barbour, Lewis, and Randolph Counties in 1851(2).
1830	38.9650000	-79.2816700	Grant County, WV,	19 miles west-southwest of Morefiled. Grant County was formed from part of Hardy County in 1866 (2).
1820	39.0950000	-78.5500000	Hardy County, WV,	16 miles east of Moorefield (2).
1810	39.1916700	-77.6200000	Loudoun County, VA,	40 miles northwest by west of Washington, DC.
1800	39.2683300	-76.9416700	Howard County, MD,	18 miles west of Baltimore. Howard County was formed from part of Anne Arundel County in 1851.
1790	39.2750000	-76.1866700	Kent County, MD,	23 miles east of Baltimore.