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Maryland Center Of Population |  |
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Maryland Center Of Population | |
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October 9, 2001
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John
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The Department of Commerce Census Bureau determined the coordinates of each state's Center of Population according to the 2000 Census. The center of population is the point where an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the state would balance if all of its residents were of identical weight. |
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The National Geodetic Survey, in cooperation with the Maryland Society of Surveyors and the Howard County Department of Public Works, coordinated the monumentation of the site of Maryland's center of population. The actual site is on private property, so a nearby location in Savage Mill Park was selected. A commemorative geodetic control disk was set, and a plaque describing the mark was embedded in a large rock nearby. Working together, GPS observations will be utilized to determine within 2 centimeters the actual center of the disk |
| This is part of a national program coordinated by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and the National Society of Professional Surveyors to establish a commemorative geodetic control monument at or near the computed location of each state's population center, as determined by Census 2000. |  |
See the related articles about NGS's role in marking the
USA Population Center last May
and about States establishing
commemorative geodetic control monument at their population centers.