US States by Year of Admission

The United States was formed in 1879 by the original colonies who signed in 1787, 1788 and 1789. The territories claimed were west of the States on the East Coast and were engaged in Indian Wars. This included Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio as well as the Louisiana Territory purchased in 1803. Immigrant farmers settled in the territories with their families. Some were given land grants and others bought land from the US government.

It took from 1790 to 1912 to settle territories and establish the States. At first by boat and covered wagon and by railroad to California after 1869. Clusters of farms and ranches established communities and towns sprang up around trade routes. The immigrants who settled the US were busy establishing farms, ranches and cities, shipping goods and defending themselves, their families and their property.

State – Date Established

Delaware 1787

Pennsylvania 1787

New Jersey 1787

Georgia 1788

Connecticut 1788

Massachusetts 1788

Maryland 1788

South Carolina 1788

New Hampshire 1788

Virginia 1788

New York 1788

North Carolina 1789

Rhode Island 1790

Vermont 1791

Kentucky 1792

Tennessee 1796

Ohio 1803

Louisiana 1812

Indiana 1816

Mississippi 1817

Illinois 1818

Alabama 1819

Maine 1820

Missouri 1821

Arkansas 1836

Michigan 1837

Florida 1845

Texas 1845

Iowa 1846

Wisconsin 1848

California 1850

Minnesota 1858

Oregon 1859

Kansas 1861

West Virginia 1863

Nevada 1864

Nebraska 1867

Colorado 1876

North Dakota 1889

South Dakota 1889

Montana 1889

Washington 1889

Idaho 1890

Wyoming 1890

Utan 1896

Oklahoma 1907

New Mexico 1912

Arizona 1912

Alaska 1959

Hawaii 1959

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union

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