PLATO, Mo. – They stood outside the “Plato, MO 65552” post office debating just where the exact point would fall. Brenda Starbuck, a longtime resident, held a local newspaper clipping announcing Plato as the new center of U.S. population and pointed to a nearby hill rising from the valley floor. The spot is there, she said. But village Mayor Bob Biram hoped the spot would be closer to town. He …
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