Hartville
It is sometimes said that Missouri is the most forgotten state in America. Ask someone to make a list of the fifty states and Missouri is the one that is most likely to be left out. Although the geographical centre of the contiguous states is located near Lebanon, Kansas, the ever shifting mean centre of population is close to Hartville, Missouri. That's the town that I wish to explore a little in this blogpost with thanks to Google Streetview for allowing me to have a nice look round the sleepy settlement in Wright County. Here's the steel plaque that endows Hartville with its fairly new found status:- Hartville is a good name for a town that in at least one respect is the very heart of America. It has a population of 594 people with 24% of those citizens living below the official poverty line. Here we are in downtown Hartville:- To the south of the town is a civil war battle site. Below, the information boards explain the Battle of Hartville which occurred over thre...