Population Center of Nevada GPS: N36° 54.061' W116° 45.425' (WGS 84) December 14, 2002 Home: Page 1 View a map of the population center of Nevada The National Geodetic Survey (NGS), in cooperation with individual state professional surveying associations and other organizations, participates in setting commemorative geodetic control monuments at or near the computed location of each state's population center as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The State of Nevada's true population center (based on census 2000) is located NE of the town of Beatty, NV on the Nevada Test Site. Because the true population center is not accessible to the general public, the survey monument is located on the grounds of the Beatty High School in order for the public to see it. The plaque on the stone reads: Hern Station "Beatty High School" This survey monument is a symbolic reference to the center of population for the State of Nevada. Where an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the State of Nevada would balance perfectly if all of its 1,998,257 residents (based on census 2000) were of identical weight. The station was dedicated to the public on October 10, 2002. This survey monument was a joint project of the: Nevada Association of Land Surveyors (NALS) Beatty Town Advisory Board Beatty Chamber of Commerce Beatty High School (Nye Co. School District) For survey information, go to the national geodetic survey website at www.ngs.noaa.gov For more information about other individual state centers, please refer to http://www.acsm.net/statecenters.html. Home: Page 1   Contact the author at speleo@intermind.net Photographs and information in this website may be copied or distributed for personal use only. For other uses, express permission by the author must be given. Use of appropriate photo credits requested.