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This information is based solely on IP-WHOIS information. That information is published by the RIR based on information supplied by the ISP the IP resources are assigned to. The RIR for North America is ARIN. You can learn more about ARIN here: https://www.arin.net/about_us/overview.html

The confusing thing with some websites is they try to present that data in a geolocation context. The problem with that is there could be all sorts of reasons that an IP address does or does not physically "map" to a particular location. Do not be fooled by what you see on TV. Nobody "traces" your IP address down to your house. That's not real.

Your IP address may have some other address / location assigned to it because that is where the provider's base of operations is, or they are routing the traffic from that location, or they just have an office there. Could be anything. On the flip-side, when we assign IP addresses to our customers (all of our customers have dedicated IPs), we list the customers' address that they have on account with us. That can get a bit confusing when you consider we have customers on 5 continents and I don't know how many countries / states / provinces / etc. For instance, if you perform a WHOIS lookup on an IP address that is assigned to one of our customers in Australia, that IP address would show up on one of those little maps like it's in Australia even though it's served right here in our Dallas, TX datacenter.

Bottom line: don't read too much into it. Other than a "huh, that's kind of interesting" thing, it's not going to impact much at all.

HTH