The United States of America: State Borders and Other State Facts
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Learning about what and where state borders are has never been an easier read than in this book. The United States of America, State Borders and Other State Facts is concise and provides for simple to understand north, south, east and west borders as well as providing bordering states and other state facts that are usually scattered throughout a number of other sources. Use this book for one-stop summaries for each state including pre-state status, state flag and other state facts.
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The United States of America - Xlibris US
Copyright © 2014 by Howard Caulfield.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014903540
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Contents
The United States of America
Preface
Expansion and Growth of the United States
Outlying areas of the United States
The U.S. Flag
Foreword
Dedication
Content
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Addendum
Boundaries
Treaties
The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription
The Bill of Rights: A Transcription
Bibliography
Author
The United States of America
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
—Theodore Roosevelt
Preface
The first Geological Survey record setting forth the history of the boundaries of the United States and the several States and Territories was prepared by Henry Gannett, assisted by Franklin G. Butterfield, and was published as Bulletin 13 of the Geological Survey in 1885.
There was a second edition published as Bulletin 171 in 1900 and a third edition published as Bulletin 226 in 1904. A revision and enlargement of Bulletin 226 was prepared and issued in 1923 as Bulletin 689 and revised in 1930 as Bulletin 817.
The present bulletin, prepared in 1964, is a revision of the 1932 edition of Bulletin 817. The revisions include clarification and modification of descriptions of certain boundaries, some of which are based on court decisions or international agreements; they also include more accurate figures for certain statistical data and numerous minor additions and deletions as appropriate. Most of the detail compiled for this document was from the most recent Bulletin numbered 1212.
Expansion and Growth of the United States
The original territory of the United States, as defined by the treaties of November 30, 1782, and September 3, 1783, with Great Britain, was bounded on the north by Canada, on the south by the Spanish Colonies of East and West Florida, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Mississippi River. It included the Thirteen Original Colonies and the areas claimed by them.
One of the difficult problems of the new nation was the existence of extensive unoccupied territory between the Thirteen Original Colonies and the Mississippi River. Seven of the Colonies claimed large parts of this territory and some of the claims were conflicting. Recognizing the possibilities of dispute in this situation, the Continental Congress on October 30, 1779, passed a resolution recommending to Virginia and the other interested States that they refrain from granting the unappropriated lands in the western territory during the continuance of the Revolutionary War.
The seven States claiming these areas responded favorably to this action and during the period from 1781 and 1802 ceded the lands to the Federal Government. These lands, which became the nucleus of the public domain, included the area that is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, part of Minnesota, Alabama and Mississippi. The United States continued to hold title to the unappropriated lands and to administer the laws relating to them.
Outlying areas of the United States
In addition to the United States there are territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. They include:
Guam
American Samoa
Virgin Islands of the United States
(St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix)
Puerto Rico
The Northern Marianas
(The Five Largest Islands being Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Pagan and Agrihan)
Additional Outlining Areas
Overseas Military Installations
A. North and Central America
a. Greenland
b. Cuba
c. Puerto Rico
B. Europe
a. Iceland
b. United Kingdom
c. Portugal
d. Spain
e. Belgium
f. Netherlands
g. Germany
h. Italy
i. Bosnia
j. Kosovo
k. Greece
C. Middle East
a. Turkey
b. Bahrain
D. Asia
a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. Guam / Marianas
d. Diego Garcia
The U.S. Flag
Congress, by act approved April 4, 1818, effective July 4, 1818 ordered that the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be twenty stars (there were then 20 States), white in a blue field,
and that on the admission of every new State into the Union, one star be added to the union of the flag
on the 4th of July following.
Foreword
My interest in the state locations and borders began in the 1970’s with my use of air travel to get around the country for work assignments. As I became more familiar with the states and their relationship to one another, I was intrigued with their shapes and borders. And, as many people do, I said when I retire, I’m going to write a book.
I want to thank my wife, Edna, for encouraging me to compile this information. She heard me talk about developing this information for so long always believing that I would eventually put pen to paper. She had nothing but patience in continuing to suggest that I just begin the process, confident it would all come together. With her love and knowing that it would be fine, however it turned out, I began and after months of effort, it was finished.
After completing my research for this compilation, it became clear that many of the colonial territories were defined by land grants and disputes decided by proclamation. Many other state borders were defined by river beds or by marked stones of other landmarks. It was also clear that