Smoot

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  smoot /smoot/ n. [MIT] A unit of length equal five feet seven inches.
     The length of the Harvard Bridge in Boston is famously 364.4 smoots plus
     or minus an ear (the ear stands for {epsilon}). This legend began with a
     fraternity prank in 1958 during which the body length of Oliver Smoot
     (class of '62) was actually used to measure out that distance. It is
     commemorated by smoot marks that MIT students repaint every few years;


     the tradition even survived the demolition and rebuilding of the bridge
     in the late 1980s. The Boston police have been known to use smoot
     markers to indicate accident locations on the bridge.
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Smoot, WV
    Zip code(s): 24977
  Smoot, WY
    Zip code(s): 83126

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Smoot, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
     Population (2000):    182
     Housing Units (2000): 63
     Land area (2000):     1.710751 sq. miles (4.430824 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.710751 sq. miles (4.430824 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            71440
     Located within:       Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
     Location:             42.620784 N, 110.912454 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     83126
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Smoot, WY
      Smoot