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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
Information about All States from UCB Libraries GovPubs; State Resource Guides, from the Library of Congress; Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (in order of population) Tables with areas, populations, densities and more (alphabetical) State and Territorial Governments on USA.gov; StateMaster – statistical database for U.S. states
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from this map. This article is part of a series on.
Current territory flags. These are the current official flags of the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States. Dates in parentheses denote when the territory's current flag was adopted by its respective political body. [citation needed] Flag of American Samoa. (April 17, 1960) Flag of Guam.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
State College Regional Airport: P-N 153,571 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton: AVP: AVP KAVP Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport: P-N 258,628 RHODE ISLAND: Block Island: BID BID KBID Block Island State Airport: P-N 16,809 Providence: PVD PVD KPVD Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport: P-S 2,117,409 Westerly: WST WST KWST Westerly State ...
Enabling Act of 1802, authorizing residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the state of Ohio. Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union. Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory ...
What is a U.S. state and how many are there? Learn about the history, definition, and characteristics of the 50 political entities that make up the United States of America. Explore the different types of federalism, the powers and rights of states, and the role of state governments in the U.S. constitutional system.