MapTheOdd / Odd boundaries / The library on an international border
Odd boundaries · US National Park Service
The library on an international border
Derby Line, Vermont · 45° 00′ N · 72° 06′ W
A public building is crossed by the boundary between the United States and Canada.
Field note
Historic registration and boundary records document a civic place whose interior contains an international line.
Why the line matters
The place shows how law, mapping and geography can produce territory that behaves differently from the land around it.
When to go
April–June and September–October are useful shoulder-season starting points.
Evidence and practical context
National Register of Historic Places. The dataset supports discovery and context; inspect the original record for its full description, boundaries and status.
Place intelligence v2
What the surrounding data reveals
unknown relative to mapped settlements · access signal: generally accessible · evidence confidence 85/100.
Nearest cross-dataset oddities
Similar elsewhere in the world
Distances are straight-line approximations. Rarity is measured within MapTheOdd’s current catalogue.
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What this page adds
Evidence ledger
This separates source facts, editorial interpretation and computed context so they are not presented as equivalent claims.
| Coordinate | Parsed from the published place record | High |
|---|---|---|
| Place identity | The library on an international border | Medium–high |
| Interpretation | Historic registration and boundary records document a civic place whose interior contains an international line. | Medium |
| Local context | No GeoNames match | Computed |
| Access | Boundary and access rules can change; check current official guidance. | Requires live checking |
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Generated from source data checked August 2026. Computed relationships are reproducible approximations, not claims about legal access or current operating status.