I made an interesting connection this morning based on the location of this pb Notable: >>19896103 (pb Notable from Phelps County, MO, Edgar Springs to be more specific)
I knew I recalled Edgar Springs from something I had read. Here is what I found:
In 2000 the U.S. population center was very close to Edgar Springs. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/census_2000/cb01cn66.html
2000 U.S. Population Centered in Phelps County, Mo.
Quote: "The area around Edgar Springs, Mo., now shares an honor known only to 21 other U.S. communities, Census Bureau officials announced today. The Edgar Springs area is the new U.S. population center." (Note: This story apparently came out on 4/2/2001.)
More recent information still has the U.S. population center in Missouri, but it has now apparently moved to the west and south.
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2020/geo/center-of-population-1790-2020.html
Mean Center of Population for the United States: 1790 to 2020
So, my question is:Are we at the tipping point yet?!