The Kentucky Bend

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Little piece of Kentucky not connected to Kentucky
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Bend
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Coordinates:   36°32'17"N   89°31'17"W

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  • No, Rhatsa26MW, a series of earthquakes from the New Madrid fault caused this phenom.
  • The Kentucky Bend, variously called the New Madrid Bend, Madrid Bend, Bessie Bend or Bubbleland The Kentucky Bend covers a land area of 45.472 km² (17.557 sq mi), according to the Census Bureau. The exclave was created due to the shift in course of the Mississippi after the 1812 New Madrid earthquake. Surveyors marking the boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee had estimated where their line would meet the Mississippi; later, more detailed surveys revealed the division of the loop. The western border of Kentucky is designated as the Mississippi River, as is the eastern border of Missouri — thus the creation of a "notch" for Kentucky, but not for Tennessee. The state of Tennessee contested the inclusion of the Kentucky Bend in the state of Kentucky, and it was legally part of Obion County, Tennessee, until at least 1848, but Tennessee eventually dropped its claim.
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