{"id":23578,"count":2,"description":"La Center is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,038 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.\nLa Center is located at 37\u00b04\u203229\u2033N 88\u00b058\u203230\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff37.07472\u00b0N 88.975\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 37.07472; -88.975 (37.074782, -88.975091).\nIt is geographically significant because of its proximity to the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1\u00a0km), all of it land.\nIt was established in 1903 and originally named Maryville for the daughter of the owner of the land, Margaret Davis. In 1908 the town was declared to be the Center of the Universe by land developer Stoke T Payne.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,038 people, 419 households, and 261 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,351.0 people per square mile (520.5\/km\u00b2). There were 492 housing units at an average density of 640.4 per square mile (246.7...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/la-center\/","name":"La Center","slug":"la-center","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/23578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=23578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}