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by samprotas 1607 days ago
I’ve worked on systems in the past that had different levels of ip geolocation data precision. When the precision was low, they would pick the midpoint of the known area (maybe a whole state) to “fill in” more precise data (ex: the city). Since even “nowhere” is typically part of some town limits, we’d see otherwise tiny towns show up way too frequently.

My guess is that’s what’s happening here.

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Graceville isn't really the midpoint of anywhere so I'd still be curious how it ended up being picked as the location.