The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . rg, West Vir-ginia, in latitude 38° 59 and longitude 81° 19, thechange of direction southward being largely dueto the annexation of Texas. From 1850 to 1860 it moved westward and slightlynorthward, reaching a point twenty miles south of Chillicothe, Ohio, this being in latitude 39° ,longitude 82° From 1860 to 1870 it moved westward and sharplynorthward, reaching a poin
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . rg, West Vir-ginia, in latitude 38° 59 and longitude 81° 19, thechange of direction southward being largely dueto the annexation of Texas. From 1850 to 1860 it moved westward and slightlynorthward, reaching a point twenty miles south of Chillicothe, Ohio, this being in latitude 39° ,longitude 82° From 1860 to 1870 it moved westward and sharplynorthward, reaching a point about forty-eightmiles east by north of Cincinnati, Ohio, in latitude39° 12, longitude 83° This northward move-ment was due in part to waste and destruction inthe South consequent upon the civil war, and inpart probably to the fact that the census of 1870was defective in its enumeration of the Southernpeople, especially of the newly-enfranchisedcolored population. In 1880 the center of population had returnedsouthward to nearly the same latitude which ithad in 1860, being in latitude 39° , longitude 84° This southward movement was due only inpart to an imperfect enumeration at the South in. 1564 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1870. During the decade between 1870 and 1880 theSouthern States made a large positive increase,both from natural growth and from immigrationsouthward. During the past decade the center of populationhas moved northward into practically the samelatitude which it occupied in 1870. It has movedwestward 53 13, or forty-eight miles, being less byten miles than its movement during the precedingdecade, six miles greater than the movementbetween 1860 and 1870, and slightly less than theaverage westward movement since the first cen-sus, its present position being in latitude 39° 11 56and longitude 85° 32 53. The most salient pointof its progress during the past decade is the north-ing which has been made, which is doubtless dueto the great develo
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