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The only two US cities named O'Fallon are located about 50 miles apart in Missouri and Illinois. The two O'Fallons are outer-ring suburbs of St. Louis.
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Looking at the Mississippi watershed map someone posted just after yours... Isn't there a canal between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan? So isn't all of the east coast and much of the south and the midwest an island?
Hmm...did not know this; but if so, it would technically fit the definition of am island: A subcontinental land mass completely surrounded by water.
The shortest straight line from Florida to Canada is 751 miles, but you can draw a straight line within Texas that is 808 miles. So Texas would fit over the eastern states in such a way that part would be in Canada and part in Florida.
The shortest straight line from Florida to Canada is 751 miles, but you can draw a straight line within Texas that is 808 miles. So Texas would fit over the eastern states in such a way that part would be in Canada and part in Florida.
Like I said in a previous post. The east-west distance in Texas is longer than the distance from Cheyenne,WY to Des Moines,IA.
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Add Oklahoma City to this list. I think it holds the record. Would have to look it up to confirm, but I think its city limits stretch into 5 counties.
Edit: since I was on Wikipedia for the following post, decided to confirm. I was wrong about 5, only 3 counties, but found another geographical superlative for OKC. It is the largest city by land area that is NOT consolidated with a county government.
The shortest straight line from Florida to Canada is 751 miles, but you can draw a straight line within Texas that is 808 miles. So Texas would fit over the eastern states in such a way that part would be in Canada and part in Florida.
It sounds dramatic that you can fit Texas from Florida to Canada. The same with California.
Nova Scotia(at least the western part) is further south than Maine.
Yes, but you can't travel due south from any part of Maine and hit any part of Nova Scotia. I think that's what all of the "xx in Canada is farther south than xx in the U.S." factoids are all about.
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