5 Weirdest US State Borders

[zhaoyun]

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Not that anyone on here is gonna care,but I feel the need to point it out anyway.
The states in the western half of the US are generally more square because that's when they started doing regular land surveys,as opposed to the old European system.

[zhaoyun]

Not that anyone on here is gonna care,but I feel the need to point it out anyway.
The states in the western half of the US are generally more square because that's when they started doing regular land surveys,as opposed to the old European system.

You can also tell when the area was settled just looking at the farm formations. In the West, the farms are huge and very linear. While in the East Coast, they are far smaller and less uniform. Obviously they were tilled before the advent of modern cartography and with smaller units of organization.

[Oneeye]

Not that anyone on here is gonna care,but I feel the need to point it out anyway.
The states in the western half of the US are generally more square because that's when they started doing regular land surveys,as opposed to the old European system.

A lot of it has to do with terrain. I mean, the midwest is pretty flat and is very much divided by squares. The more mountainous and hilly regions are less so. As you can see comparing the westernmost states..

[Timawa]

Every state's border is interesting and unique in some ways.

[zhaoyun]

A lot of it has to do with terrain. I mean, the midwest is pretty flat and is bwry much divided by sqaures, the more mountainous and hilly regions are less so. As uou can see comparing the westernmost states..

That and also, the East Coast was settled piecemeal. While the settlement of the mountainous West, the bulk of the Louisiana Purchase along with the territories acquired after the Mexican American war, was essentially organized by the US government.

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You can also tell when the area was settled just looking at the farm formations. In the West, the farms are huge and very linear. While in the East Coast, they are far smaller and less uniform. Obviously they were tilled before the advent of modern cartography and with smaller units of organization.

Yes. The old survey system was known as metes and bounds and they would chart everything by landmarks like rocks or rivers,like in the vid, which made it very irregular.

In Lousiana, the parishes were originally divided by the rivers,but as the courses changed,they still kept the boundaries.

[zhaoyun]

Yes. The old survey system was known as metes and bounds and they would chart everything by landmarks like rocks or rivers,like in the vid, which made it very irregular.

In Lousiana, the parishes were originally divided by the rivers,but as the courses changed,they still kept the boundaries.

You're a fucking nerd.

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A lot of it has to do with terrain. I mean, the midwest is pretty flat and is very much divided by squares. The more mountainous and hilly regions are less so. As you can see comparing the westernmost states..

lol but colorado is literally a square though
im actually not sure what the reason is. but the surveying system they used later on was literally based on squares

[zhaoyun]

lol but colorado is literally a square though
im actually not sure what the reason is. but the surveying system they used later on was literally based on squares

Yeah I wish they could've been more creative. Colorado and Wyoming look wack.

Look at this county map of Massachusetts, they actually look like they were forged through struggle.