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Stay informed on the latest quirky tourism. Sign up for our Sightings newsletter. More info... Geographic Center of North America Rugby, North Dakota The Geographic Center of North America as important a center as you're likely to find lies in the town of Rugby. It's marked by a rock obelisk, about 15 feet tall, flanked by poles flying the US and Canadian flags. It is a monument easily missed, standing as it does in the parking lot of the Rugby Conoco station. That's where it was moved when North Dakota widened Hwy. 2. Rugby isn't too particular about where, exactly, the center lies as long as it's somewhere in Rugby. Amazingly, it wasn't until 1931 that this important Center was finally locked down. Rugby quickly hitched its star to it, changing its town seal to an outline of North America with a big dot on Rugby. Postcards for sale in the Cornerstone Cafe and the Hub of America liquor store cite the page number of the Department of the Interior's Geological Survey Bulletin in which it was "definitely established." | |
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