Atlas of the United States
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General maps
States
| Thirteen Colonies |
| Thirteen Colonies in 1775 |
| Spanish colonies in North America (New Spain) |
====Territorial development of the United States====
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1789: United States at independence
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1789: Formation of the Northwest Territory
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1790: Border change between North Carolina and the federal government
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1790: Formation of the Southwest Territory
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1791: Admission of Vermont
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1791: Formation of the District of Columbia
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1792: Admission of Kentucky
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1795: Pinckney's Treaty
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1796: Admission of Tennessee
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1798: Formation of the Mississippi Territory
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1800: Formation of the Indiana Territory
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1800: Border change between Connecticut and the Northwest Territory
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1802: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the federal government
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1803: Admission of Ohio
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1803: Louisiana Purchase
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1803: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the Mississippi Territory
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1805: Formation of the Michigan Territory
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1805: Reorganization of the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory
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1809: Formation of the Illinois Territory
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1810: Annexation of parts of West Florida
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1812: Admission of Louisiana
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1812: Border changes of the Mississippi Territory
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1812: Renaming of Louisiana Territory into Missouri Territory
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1817: Admission of Indiana
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1817: Formation of Alabama Territory
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1817: Admission of Mississippi
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1818: Creation of Oregon Country as a shared land between the United States and United Kingdom
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1818: Admission of Illinois and formation of Michigan Territory
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1819: Formation of Arkansaw Territory
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1819: Admission of Alabama
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1820: Admission of Maine
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1821: New borders with New Spain, acquisition of Spanish Florida
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1822: Admission of Missouri
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1822: Formation of Florida Territory
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1824: Border change of Arkansas Territory
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1828: Border change of Arkansas Territory
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1834: Growth of Michigan Territory
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1836: Independence of the Republic of Texas
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1836:Admission of Arkansas
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1836: Formation of the Wisconsin Territory
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1837: Admission of Michigan
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1837: Border change of Missouri
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1838: Formation of Iowa Territory
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1842: Webster-Ashburton Treaty with the United Kingdom
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1845: Admission of Florida
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1845: Annexation and admission of Texas
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1846: Oregon Treaty with the United Kingdom
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1846: Admission of Iowa
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1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, border change with Mexico
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1848: Admission of Wisconsin
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1848: Formation of the Oregon Territory
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1849: Formation of the Minnesota Territory
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1850: Annexation of parts of Mexico (Mexican Cession), admission of California, formation of Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory
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1853: Formation of the Washington Territory
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1853: The Gadsden Purchase
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1858: Admission of Minnesota
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1859: Admission of Oregon
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1860: Texas claims Greer County, Texas
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1861: Accession of Kansas
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1861: Secession of the Confederate States of America
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1861: Formation of Colorado Territory
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1861: Formation of Dakota Territory
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1861: Formation of the Arizona Territory (CSA)
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1862: Border changes of Nevada Territory
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1863: Formation of the Arizona Territory
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1863: Formation of the Idaho Territory
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1863: Admission of West Virginia, a secession of the CSA State of Virginia
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1864: Formation of the Montana Territory
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1864: Admission of Nevada
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1865: Surrender of the Confederate States of America at the Battle of Appomattox (re-admission takes several years)
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1866: Border change of Nevada
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1867: Border change of Nevada
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1867: Admission of Nebraska
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1868: Formation of the Wyoming Territory
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1876: Admission of Colorado
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1884: Redesignation of Alaska into the District of Alaska
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1889: Admission of North Dakota and South Dakota
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1889: Admission of Montana Territory
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1889: Admission of Washington
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1890: Formation of Oklahoma Territory
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1890: Admission of Idaho Territory
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1890: Admission of Wyoming
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1896: Admission of Utah
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1896: Border change of Oklahoma Territory
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1898: Annexation of the Republic of Hawaii
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1907: Admission of Oklahoma
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1912: Admission of New Mexico
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1912: Admission of Arizona
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1912: Reorganization of District of Alaska as Alaska Territory
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1959: Admission of Alaska
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1959: Admission of Hawaii
| Territorial Acquisitions of the United States |
| USA territorial acquisitions map |
From independence to civil war
| Tecumseh War 1811 |
| State cessions 1782-1802 |
| Sabine Free State 1808-1819 |
| Oregon country 1818-1846 |
| Oregon border dispute |
| Adams-Onís Treaty |
Civil War
| Animated map of secession, Civil War and re-admission |
| Status of the states 1861: States that seceded before April 15, 1861 States that seceded after April 15, 1861 Union states that permitted slavery Union states that forbade slavery Territories
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| Map of the United States in 1864, showing the division during the Civil War.
Union states, including those admitted during the war
Union states that permitted slavery
Confederate States
Territories
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| State and territory boundaries, 1864-5: Union (American Civil War) states Union territories Union border states that permitted slavery Kansas, which entered the Union as a free state after the Bleeding Kansas crisis Confederate claimed and sometimes held territories
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| Battles of the Civil War |
| Confederate States of America 1861-1865 |
| Indian reservations |
After the Civil War
| Overseas territories |
| US States by date of statehood |
| US States by date of statehood |
| US States by date of statehood |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
| Il designo del discoperto della Nova Franza by Paolo Forlani, ca. 1566 |
| Map of New France by Samuel de Champlain, 1612 |
| New Netherland 1614 |
| New Netherland and New England 1642 |
| New Netherland 1685 |
| America 1733 |
Population maps
| Population density |
| States by population |
| States by population density |
| Cities |
| Cities |
| Cities |
Ethnic and linguistic maps
| Native Americans in the United States |
| Native Americans |
| Early Indian languages |
| Early Indian languages (Alaska) |
| Ancestry by country |
| Chinese Ancestry |
| African American population density |
| Asian density |
| English as official language |
| English language spread in the United States |
| French language spread in the United States Distribution de la langue française aux États-unis |
| Italian language spread in the United States |
| Welsh language spread in the United States |
| Dutch language spread in the United States |
| German language spread in the United States |
| Swedish language spread in the United States Svenska språkets spridning i USA |
| Spanish language spread in the United States |
| Russian language spread in the United States |
| Finnish language spread in the United States |
| Tagalog language spread in the United States |
| Chamorro language spread in the United States |
Religion maps
| Jewish population |
| Jewish congregations |
| Roman Catholic dioceses |
Legal and political maps
| Electoral map |
| Courts of Appeals and District courts |
| Death Penalty |
| Abortion legislation |
| Pre-Abortion counselling legislation |
| Abortion legislation, mandatory waiting period laws |
| Highest median household income |
| Median household income change |
| Counties with the lowest median household income in 2000 |
| Counties with the lowest pro capita income in 2000 |
| States without income tax |
| States without income tax on wages |
| Position of the trade unions |
| Minimum wage legislation |
| Sodomy laws |
| Cannabis laws |
Climate maps
| Köppen climate types of the US |
| Several different air masses affect the United States. |
| A map of the average annual high temperatures in the United States. |
| Average precipitation |
| Record one day precipitation by county between 1979 and 2011. |
| Intense tornado activity in the United States. The darker-colored areas denote the area commonly referred to as Tornado Alley. |
| Average annual tornado reports in the United States. |
| Tracks of East Pacific tropical cyclones (1980–2005). |
| Tracks of North Atlantic tropical cyclones(1851–2012). |
| Continental United States hurricane strikes 1950-2007. |
Natural resources maps
| Major rivers of the United States |
| The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006 |
| Map of major US aquifers by rock type |
| Insolation map of the United States |
| Map showing wind power potential in U.S., including offshore |
| Estimated subterranean temperatures in Celsius at depths of about six kilometers in the U.S. mainland (Department of Energy). |
| Coal regions of the United States |
| Surface Coal Mines in the US |
| Locations of underground coal mines in the US |
| 2010 coal production by region in short tons (US Energy Information Administration) |
| Coal production by basin 2014–2018 |
| Estimates of Oil Resources in the Outer Continental Shelf |
| Estimates of Onshore Oil Resources |
| Discovered shale gas deposits as of June 2016 |
| Map of US Uranium Districts (1979) |
| US Mines producing copper in 2003 either as a primary or secondary commodity. (Alaska and Hawaii produced no copper in 2003.) Source: USGS |
Energy maps
| Power plants in USA map |
| The U.S. power transmission grid consists of about 300,000 km (190,000 mi) of lines operated by approximately 500 companies. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) oversees all of them. |
| Natural gas processing plants in the US by capacity and utilization, 2017 |
| Natural gas pipelines map |
| Proposed LNG Export Terminals in the US, 2012 (US Energy Information Administration) |
| NRC regions and locations of nuclear reactors, 2008 |
| Location of nuclear reactor fuel processing facilities in the United States (US NRC) |
| Nuclear Power plants that have been decommissioned or have announced plans to decommission. The size of the circles indicates the amount of electricity generated |
| US nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2018 (US EIA). |
| Map illustrating installed wind generating capacity for U.S. states at end of 2015. |
| Map of large US wind farms, with size illustrated. |
| Hydroelectric power map. |
| Fixed-tilt utility-scale solar energy generation capacity, representing 40% of US solar energy output. Map does not include tracking systems. |
Transportation maps
| Tonnage on highways, railroads, and inland waterways |
| Map of current Interstates |
| Interstate numbering. Odd numbers run north–south with numbers increasing from west to east, while even numbers run east–west with numbers increasing from south to north |
| Maximum state speed limits in the United States as of January 2017 |
| Map of the Class I Railroads in North america |
| Passenger trains in North America |
| Map showing current rail speeds in the United States. |
| Inland Waterway Connection |
| Top 25 water ports by tonnage |
| Container ports by TEU throughput in 2010 |
| Container ship routes to America from Asian Pacific |
| Map showing FAA overflight fee regions |
Various maps
| State name etymologies |
| Time zones |
| Rivers and lakes in the US |
| Federally protected marine areas (National Marine Sanctuaries) |
| Symbolic representation of visitors at each National Park |
| Map of the National Forests and Grasslands of the United States |
| United States Counties Per Capita Income |
| US household income distribution by county, 2009 |
| Density of cattle and calves by county in 2007. |
| A physiographical map of the contiguous 48 states of the U.S. The map indicates the age of the exposed surface as well as the type of terrain. |
| Map of United States Distribution of Soil Moisture Regimes |
| Level III ecoregions, United States |
| A national map of Superfund sites. Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up). This map is as of October 2013. |
External links
- Forest Atlas of the United States (July 2022), USDA Forest Service.
- Ground Water Atlas of the United States (1999), U.S. Geological Survey. This Link contains The Ground Water Atlas of the United States, which includes 13 chapters, each representing areas that collectively cover the 50 States and Puerto Rico, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Ecoregions of the United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency. This link contains EPA Level I, II, and III Ecoregions map of the entire North America along with the Level III and IV of the Continental United States.
Notes and references
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General remarks:
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