Monday Overnight Open Thread (11/25/24) - Doof

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Strange Geography – Kentucky Bend

This is new for 2024 at the legendary college basketball arena. Something that caught my eye was an attention to detail that falls into the “If you know, you know” category. At the bottom left of the watermark, there is a circle which is disconnected from the rest of the watermark.

What may appear to be a mistake is actually a very astute accuracy. There is a very small part of Kentucky which is not connected to the rest of the state.

This sparse and serene landscape is as remote as an island, and to get here you have to mean it. "Kentucky Bend," or “New Madrid Bend,” is encircled on the north, east, and west by a snaking hairpin turn of the Mississippi River, while the southern portion is joined to the state of Tennessee. It’s literally an exclave of Kentucky, 30 square miles of land completely cut off from the rest of the state, all formed by a combination of surveyor mishaps and raging earthquakes.

Jutting out into the middle of the Mississippi River, the tiny community on the Kentucky Bend consists of a smattering of houses, cotton fields, and a lone cemetery. Yet this little spit of land has fascinated outsiders for well over a century.
The Mississippi River, central America’s preeminent determiner of East-West boundaries, was useless in marking ownership when it came to the Kentucky Bend. Missouri and Tennessee fought over the Bend until the mid-1800’s, when Tennessee finally relinquished its claim to Kentucky, which came out on top thanks to latitudinal jurisdiction.

Read the two linked articles for more information. Quite fascinating.

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