The western states had their boundaries largely marked out by surveyors. This is evident in their long straight lines and square appearances. Other states are delineated by rivers (see the Mississippi river states) or by land purchases.
There is a folk legend that the top chunk of Arkansas is missing due to the New Madrid earthquake of 1812. According to the legend, that chunk broke off and "landed in Missouri".
Early state's boundaries were set originally by tradition, often following geographic features. Later states' boundaries were set increasingly with the help of longitudinal and latitudinal lines (hence the increasing use of straight boundaries over time); all boundaries are set by statute now.
it is a long & complicated story
but basically they were established by various political agreements
sometimes involving the royal or federal government
but in most cases concluded directly between the colonies or states
the lines were agreed
in 1683 with Connecticut
in 1772 & 1834 with New Jersey
in 1774 & 1781 with Pennsylvania
in 1787 & 1853 with Massachusetts
in 1790 with vermont
in 1979 with Rhode Island
& in 1783 between the united states & Great Britain
Each state has its own history of how their borders were set. Most of the time, it was decided politically by the members of Congress or by the major lines of latitude and longitude.
they unrolled a big sheet of paper with a map on it and traced the lines onto the dirt.
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With borders.
There are 50 states in the United States.
Mexico borders to the south of the United States.
Which two states have four straight lines as borders
Canada borders the United States to the north.
Tennessee borders 8 states (as does Missouri), the most of any.
Alaska and Hawaii share no borders with US States.
Canada
Wisconsin.
New Mexico, Oklahoma & Arkansas are the States that surround Texas. Mexico is the country to the South
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