There is also a section of Nebraska east of the Missouri River.
Weird Geography Facts
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I found this fascinating when it popped up a few years ago:
If you don't want to watch the video, here is the gist of it:
If you don't want to watch the video, here is the gist of it:
love telling people i live in clive cuz that could be anywhere from
Windsor Heights (73rd)
to
Waukee (Alices rd)
Much like the rest of us, When Google wants to know something it checks CF first
i live in the red area you have circled
my understanding is those weird jut ins are farmers or decrepit old coal mining homes of people who refuse to sell or be annexed by city
same people are fighting waukee/clive/urbandale on the expansion of alices road from 2 lanes to 4
Also interesting is that the International Date Line around Kirabati was moved in 1995. Before then, it passed through the area of the islands, which meant part of the country was 24 hours ahead of the other part.
Minnesota's Northwest Angle (part of Minnesota that can only be accessed by water from the US or by land through Canada) has a fun back story. It exists due to poor maps and a misunderstanding of the source of the Mississippi River at the time:
Angle Township was designated as territory of the United States because negotiators of the initial Canada–U.S. border misunderstood the geography of the area. Benjamin Franklin and British representatives relied on the Mitchell Map of colonial American geographer John Mitchell, which did not indicate the source of the Mississippi River—thought to lie some distance to the northwest—or the true shape of Lake of the Woods, which was instead shown as roughly oval. The 1783 Treaty of Paris thus stated that the boundary between U.S. territory and the British possessions to the north would run "...through the Lake of the Woods to the northwesternmost point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi..."
en.m.wikipedia.org
Angle Township was designated as territory of the United States because negotiators of the initial Canada–U.S. border misunderstood the geography of the area. Benjamin Franklin and British representatives relied on the Mitchell Map of colonial American geographer John Mitchell, which did not indicate the source of the Mississippi River—thought to lie some distance to the northwest—or the true shape of Lake of the Woods, which was instead shown as roughly oval. The 1783 Treaty of Paris thus stated that the boundary between U.S. territory and the British possessions to the north would run "...through the Lake of the Woods to the northwesternmost point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi..."
Northwest Angle - Wikipedia
A part of Kentucky is surrounded by Missouri and Tennessee. This “exclave” is also known as the “Kentucky Bend”. View attachment 141198
Kentucky Bend - Wikipedia
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That area sits on a fault line.
I'm always surprised when I see videos of people hiking in the Arizona mountains and it's below freezing, or at least close to it and there is snow. I've never been to Arizona, but I picture the entire state as being a furnace year round.
Inside the Last One-Room Public School in Minnesota
Northwest Angle, Minnesota is home to the last one-room schoolhouse in Minnesota—The Angle Inlet School
Angle Inlet School - MN
It's cut off from the rest of the contiguous US by water. To leave on land, you have to travel through Canada. It's also the most northern point of the contiguous US.
KidSilverhair
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There’s a spot in Washington state like this, too. Point Roberts.
And I see I’m way behind and that’s already been mentioned.
KidSilverhair
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I think it only flows west there, if it flowed east it’d be going backwards /d&r/
