Posted by JerryS on January 08, 2013 at 13:36:41 from (98.80.102.132):
In Reply to: Minnesota question posted by rrlund on January 08, 2013 at 08:15:38:
We have a "twin cities" situation here in my town, the two cities being separated by the Red River. Separate parishes (counties) as well. Through the decades the river has meandered, as it has a natural tendency to cut away its banks on the outer side of a loop. In time the inner side builds up with soil.
The two cities and parishes were established back in the 1840s with the center line of the river being the boundary. Now we have the same problem as others have described, with people living on one side of the river but being voters and taxpayers on the other. We even have a railroad bridge built back in 1916 that had a center pivot point in the middle of the river. It was intended to be able to allow the occasional riverboat to pass. Now, because of the meander of the river, the pivot pylon is well upon dry land. (It still functions as a railroad bridge, just not a swingable one.)
None of the confusion really mattered to anyone until a few years ago when the casino boats begun crowding in and setting up river berths. The taxing agencies got very interested; they finally hired a cartographer to sort it all out. Now we have one boat that's in our parish but on the other side of the river, and one that's just the opposite.
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