What Is a Geographic Center?

The geographic center of a region or object is the point equidistant from all points on its perimeter, or the point minimizing the sum of distances to all other points in the region.

In geography, it often denotes the middle of a territory (e.g., the geographic center of the contiguous U.S. is near Belle Fourche, South Dakota). In mathematics, it is called the centroid (e.g., triangle medians intersection, circle center). Calculation methods range from geometric formulas for simple shapes to calculus/numerical methods for complex ones.

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