How can physical location be used as a clue to defining the identity of a college or university? This paper presents the experience of one college, Virginia Wesleyan College, exploring two issues related to this question that arose from its special circumstances of physical location with respect to surrounding municipalities. Virginia Wesleyan straddles the border between two large cities, Norfolk and Virginia Beach in the South Hampton Roads region of extreme southeast Virginia. Two issues were investigated. The first was whether Virginia Wesleyan is unique in its location's attributes. A careful and disciplined inquiry comparing the locations of 20 eligible candidate-city pairs suggests that the College is in rare, if not unique, circumstances in that respect. The second issue was whether findings could provide clues in the quest to clarify the identity of the college. It is anticipated that exploration of these issues will be the basis of a general reflection on College identity. An appendix contains details of the campus map/border situation at the College. (SLD)