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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase...the actual borders of each state had been established at different times later on....but those 2 treaties established the national borders.

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Q: What established the borders of the lower 48 states?
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Which state in ''lower 48'' borders only one other states?

Maine


What are the two states that are not connected to the lower 48 states and what are their borders?

Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska borders Canada. Hawaii is a group of islands located in the Pacific.


What borders the United states to the east?

Technically, Canada as it borders Alaska to the east. However, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east of the Contiguous US (Lower 48).


Which states in the continental United states borders the pacific ocean?

They are Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.(Alaska is continental, but it is not contiguous with the "lower 48.")


What country borders the United States to the east?

Technically, Canada as it borders Alaska to the east. However, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east of the Contiguous US (Lower 48).


What two states are not apart of the contiguous states?

Contiguous means that their borders are touching the continental US. Alaska and Hawaii do not touch the mainland.


Is Wisconsin in the lower 48 states?

Yes Wisconsin is part of the lower 48.


Gadsden Purchase?

(1853) U.S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico; set the current borders of the contiguous United States (the U.S. states, minus Hawaii, Alaska, and commonwealth of Puerto Rico)


How many US states are inside US borders?

There are 50 states in the United States.


Which state in the lower 48 borders only one other state?

maine


What does lower 48 mean?

"The Lower 48" is a term often used to refer to the contiguous 48 states of the USA - excluding Alaska and Hawaii. The "lower" part is in reference to the fact that Alaska is much further north.


What countries border Louisiana?

No countries border Louisiana. Louisiana is one of the 50 states in the United States of America, and one of the 48 contiguous states in the "Lower 48" (meaning it is next to other US States that all share borders with each other).