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by drivers99 3628 days ago
Fun fact: Colorado isn't a perfect rectangle (besides the lines of longitude converging). It's legally defined as straight lines between certain points that surveyors tried to make straight, but didn't get it exactly right. For example, see this part of the western border: https://goo.gl/maps/BKgwJ4bMfjF2

http://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/...

Another kink in the souther border: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.988568,-106.87603,12z

Credit to this blog: http://www.howderfamily.com/blog/colorado-not-rectangle/