Oddities of geography (charge, Europeans, greatest)

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by 1greatcity

The only incorporated place in the US that is divided by the Rio Grande is Sunland Park, NM, which lies on both sides of the river.
Okay, technically, Las Cruces also lies on both sides of the river, because the actual city limits have been extended west to the airport. But the vast majority of the city is east of the river.

The original city of Albuquerque is on the east side of the Rio Grande but a very large portion of it is west of the river.

[1greatcity]

Supai, Arizona is considered to be the most remote community in the lower 48 states. It is accessible only by helicopter, by mule, or on foot. It is also one of only two places in the US where mail is carried out of the village by mules.

[brewcrew1000]

The Walt Disney World Resort Complex is larger then the entire land area of the City of San Francisco

[1greatcity]

The township of South Hackensack, NJ, (Bergen County) is split into three separate pieces, each over a mile apart from the others.

[green_mariner]

Despite Seattle's rainy reputation, Seattle gets less rain than Houston, Atlanta, New York, Boston, or Miami.

And despite being on the Gulf of Mexico, Corpus Christ,TX gets far less rain than Atlanta,GA, which is located very far from the Gulf and at least 1000 ft above sea level.

[1greatcity]

Mercer Island, Washington (pop. 22,699) is the most populated US city located on an island in a lake.

[1greatcity]

The onlyy US state capital whose city limits border another state is Trenton, NJ. (The urban area of Carson City, NV also borders another state.)

[green_mariner]

Madison,WI is the only state capital located on an isthmus.

[1greatcity]

After Hawaii, the US state with the highest percentage of residents who live on an island is New York. About 49% of New York State's population lives on Long Island, Manhattan Island, or Staten Island. No other state comes remotely close to having that percentage of island residents.

[1greatcity]

A "continental point of inaccessibility" is defined as a land location which is farthest from any ocean. In North America, the continental point of inaccessibility is located in southwest South Dakota, 11 miles west of the town of Kyle.