All on the line

A Border Tower, by Samuel Bough (1822-1878)
Source: http://www.wga.hu/index1.html

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When she loves me I know she's all mine
When my baby loves me she lays it all on the line.

George Strait, "She Lays It All On The Line," from the album Easy Come, Easy Go (1993). Written by Aaron Barker and Dean Dillon.

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This is just a brief update (plus a discovery of a neat website I wanted to share).

On February 22, 2017 I posted on (among other things) the subject of US towns named "state line" or "stateline" (http://osborn.asenseofwander.com/2017/02/theres-strangeness-in-air-you-feel-too.html). I found just one dozen.

Brace yourself. There Is Another.¹

Actually there are several more. Seven more, to be exact.

I found an interesting (and kind of enigmatic) website. It's called Geotargit (http://us.geotargit.com/index.php). It' seems to be a front-end for various geographic databases. If I sound uncertain, that's because I am. The sitemap is empty, and while there is a contact link, it's a form and doesn't display an email address.

You can link from Geotargit to Google Flights (you can also connect directly: https://www.google.com/flights/), you can search for hotels, and they have some neat lists of places named after food or after people.

But I think one part of Geotargit is really interesting: you can search for a list of all the cities of the world by name. I'm not certain what databases they're searching, but the results are impressive

Back in February, using grit and determination, I found 12 "Statelines" or "State Lines." Geotargit, in microseconds, found 13 "State Lines." And then three more "Statelines."

That's right. It beat me. I admit it freely. And I'm not resentful AT ALL.

Here are the 12 I found:

1. Stateline, CA (near Lake Tahoe) [38.958333, -119.943889] 
2. State Line, ID (on the Washington border) [47.705, -117.038056]
3. State Line, IN (on the Illinois border) [39.436944, -87.529444]
4. State Line City, IN (also on the Illinois border) [40.196667, -87.527222]
5. State Line, IN (on the Michigan border) [41.758611, -86.250833]
6. State Line, KY (on the Tennessee border) [36.510833, -89.120278]
7. State Line, MS (on the Alabama border) [31.437778, -88.476111]
8. Stateline, NV (on the California border) [38.970556, -119.945833]
9. State Line, PA (on the Maryland border) [39.725, -78.7675]
10. State Line, PA (also on the Maryland border) [39.7225,-77.724167]
11. State Line, PA (on the New York border) [42.248737, -79.767510]
12. State Line, SC (on the North Carolina border] [35.176667, -81.8]

This is Geotargit's list (sites not on my list are in bold):

1. State Line AL - 31°00'03.0"N 85°24'14.0"W
2. State Line AR - 33°03'05.0"N 93°32'20.0"W
3. Stateline CA - 38°57'30.0"N 119°56'34.0"W²
4. State Line IN - 40°11'50.0"N 87°31'37.0"W
5. State Line LA - 30°58'50.0"N 89°57'01.0"W
6. State Line MA - 42°20'52.0"N 73°24'35.0"W
7. State Line MS - 31°26'10.0"N 88°28'28.0"W
8. State Line NH - 42°43'05.0"N 72°05'02.0"W
9. Stateline NV - 38°57'45.0"N 119°56'20.0"W
10. State Line NY - 42°14'40.0"N 79°45'32.0"W
11. State Line PA - 39°43'29.0"N 77°43'29.0"W
12. State Line SC - 35°10'36.0"N 81°48'01.0"W
13. State Line TN - 36°35'25.0"N 84°26'20.0"W
14. State Line TX - 32°43'36.0"N 103°03'52.0"W
15. State Line WI - 42°29'40.0"N 87°49'15.0"W

So, combining my poor (but honest) efforts with Geotargit's, this is my final list (Good Lord, I hope it's my final list):

1. State Line, AL [ 31.00083333 -85.40388889]
2. State Line, AR [33.05138889 -93.53888889]
3. Stateline, CA [38.958333, -119.943889]²
4. State Line, ID [47.705, -117.038056]
5. State Line, IN [39.436944, -87.529444]
6. State Line City, IN [40.196667, -87.527222]
7. State Line, IN [41.758611, -86.250833]
8. State Line, KY [36.510833, -89.120278]
9. State Line, LA [30.98055556 -89.95027778]
10. State Line, MA [42.34777778 -73.40972222]
11. State Line, MS [31.437778, -88.476111]
12. State Line, NH [42.71805556 -72.08388889]
13. Stateline, NV [38.970556, -119.945833]
14. State Line, PA [39.725, -78.7675]
15. State Line, PA [39.7225,-77.724167]
16. State Line, PA [42.248737, -79.767510]
17. State Line, SC [35.176667, -81.8]
18. State Line, TX [32.72666667 -103.06444444]
19. State Line, WI [42.49444444 -87.82083333]

And that, with any kind of luck, is that!

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Notes

¹ This is a reference to Star Wars Episode VI: The Empire Strikes Back. If you didn't recognize this, you lose serious nerd points.

² Abandoned.