The center of the United States.

Things fall apart, and it cannot hold.

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold
—“The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats

The center. The middle. The place of least extreme, the spinning point, the tack, the rudder, home.

Where is the center?

For the continent of North America, it’s Rugby, North Dakota (or, as claimed by others, Center, North Dakota). For the center of the nation, it’s near…