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===21st century=== In 2010, the [[Keystone Pipeline|Keystone-Cushing Pipeline]] (Phase II) was constructed along the east city limits of Potwin, north to south through [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler County]], with much controversy over tax exemption and environmental concerns (if a leak ever occurs).<ref>[http://www.gpace.org/news/marion-county-commission-calls-out-legislative-leadership-on-pipeline-deal/ Keystone Pipeline - ''Marion County Commission calls out Legislative Leadership on Pipeline Deal''; April 18, 2010.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022015437/http://www.gpace.org/news/marion-county-commission-calls-out-legislative-leadership-on-pipeline-deal/ |date=October 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/dec/10/transcanada-inspecting-keystone-pipeline/ Keystone Pipeline - ''TransCanada inspecting pipeline''; December 10, 2010.]</ref> A pumping station named ''Burns'' was built two miles north of Potwin, and new power lines were built from a high-voltage line 0.3 mile east of [[De Graff, Kansas|De Graff]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrix.com/keystone/XL/May192010/Appendix+B/PS-29.pdf|title=Cardno - English (Australia) - Home|website=www.entrix.com}}</ref> In an unusual technical glitch, a farmstead approximately four miles northeast of Potwin became the default [[Internet geolocation|geolocation]] of 600 million [[IP address]]es when the Massachusetts-based digital mapping company [[MaxMind]] changed the putative [[geographic center of the contiguous United States]] from 39.8333333,-98.585522 to 38.0000,-97.0000.<ref name="Potwin, Kansas">{{cite web | url=http://fusion.net/story/287592/internet-mapping-glitch-kansas-farm/ | title=How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell | publisher=Fusion | date=2016-04-10 | access-date=2016-04-10 | author=Hill, Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article94447622.html|title=Kansas couple sues over internet glitch targeting their home|date=August 8, 2016|website=kansas.com}}</ref> Later, the default geolocation was changed to the middle of [[Cheney Reservoir#Information technology|Cheney Reservoir]] in Kansas.
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