Atlas of the United States
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General maps
States
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Thirteen Colonies |
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Thirteen Colonies in 1775 |
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Spanish colonies in North America (New Spain) |
====Territorial development of the United States====
1789: United States at independence
1789: Formation of the Northwest Territory
1790: Border change between North Carolina and the federal government
1790: Formation of the Southwest Territory
1791: Admission of Vermont
1791: Formation of the District of Columbia
1792: Admission of Kentucky
1795: Pinckney's Treaty
1796: Admission of Tennessee
1798: Formation of the Mississippi Territory
1800: Formation of the Indiana Territory
1800: Border change between Connecticut and the Northwest Territory
1802: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the federal government
1803: Admission of Ohio
1803: Louisiana Purchase
1803: Border change between Georgia (U.S. state) and the Mississippi Territory
1804: Split of the Louisiana Purchase into the District of Louisiana and the Orleans Territory
1805: Formation of the Michigan Territory
1805: Reorganization of the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory
1809: Formation of the Illinois Territory
1810: Annexation of parts of West Florida
1812: Admission of Louisiana
1812: Border changes of the Mississippi Territory
1812: Renaming of Louisiana Territory into Missouri Territory
1817: Admission of Indiana
1817: Formation of Alabama Territory
1817: Admission of Mississippi
1818: Creation of Oregon Country as a shared land between the United States and United Kingdom
1818: Admission of Illinois and formation of Michigan Territory
1819: Formation of Arkansaw Territory
1819: Admission of Alabama
1820: Admission of Maine
1821: New borders with New Spain, acquisition of Spanish Florida
1822: Admission of Missouri
1822: Formation of Florida Territory
1824: Border change of Arkansas Territory
1828: Border change of Arkansas Territory
1834: Growth of Michigan Territory
1836: Independence of the Republic of Texas
1836:Admission of Arkansas
1836: Formation of the Wisconsin Territory
1837: Admission of Michigan
1837: Border change of Missouri
1838: Formation of Iowa Territory
1842: Webster-Ashburton Treaty with the United Kingdom
1845: Admission of Florida
1845: Annexation and admission of Texas
1846: Oregon Treaty with the United Kingdom
1846: Admission of Iowa
1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, border change with Mexico
1848: Admission of Wisconsin
1848: Formation of the Oregon Territory
1849: Formation of the Minnesota Territory
1850: Annexation of parts of Mexico (Mexican Cession), admission of California, formation of Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory
1853: Formation of the Washington Territory
1853: The Gadsden Purchase
1854: Formation of Kansas Territory, Nebraska Territory and the unorganized Indian Territory
1858: Admission of Minnesota
1859: Admission of Oregon
1860: Texas claims Greer County, Texas
1861: Accession of Kansas
1861: Secession of the Confederate States of America
1861: Formation of Colorado Territory
1861: Formation of Dakota Territory
1861: Formation of the Arizona Territory (CSA)
1862: Border changes of Nevada Territory
1863: Formation of the Arizona Territory
1863: Formation of the Idaho Territory
1863: Admission of West Virginia, a secession of the CSA State of Virginia
1864: Formation of the Montana Territory
1864: Admission of Nevada
1865: Surrender of the Confederate States of America at the Battle of Appomattox (re-admission takes several years)
1866: Border change of Nevada
1867: Border change of Nevada
1867: Admission of Nebraska
1867: Alaska purchase from Russia, named Department of Alaska
1868: Formation of the Wyoming Territory
1876: Admission of Colorado
1884: Redesignation of Alaska into the District of Alaska
1889: Admission of North Dakota and South Dakota
1889: Admission of Montana Territory
1889: Admission of Washington
1890: Formation of Oklahoma Territory
1890: Admission of Idaho Territory
1890: Admission of Wyoming
1896: Admission of Utah
1896: Border change of Oklahoma Territory
1898: Annexation of the Republic of Hawaii
1907: Admission of Oklahoma
1912: Admission of New Mexico
1912: Admission of Arizona
1912: Reorganization of District of Alaska as Alaska Territory
1959: Admission of Alaska
1959: Admission of Hawaii
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Territorial Acquisitions of the United States |
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USA territorial acquisitions map |
From independence to civil war
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Tecumseh War 1811 |
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State cessions 1782-1802 |
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Sabine Free State 1808-1819 |
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Oregon country 1818-1846 |
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Oregon border dispute |
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Adams-Onís Treaty |
Civil War
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Animated map of secession, Civil War and re-admission |
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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 |
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Confederate States of America 1861-1865 |
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Indian reservations |
After the Civil War
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Overseas territories |
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US States by date of statehood |
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US States by date of statehood |
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US States by date of statehood |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
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Il designo del discoperto della Nova Franza by Paolo Forlani, ca. 1566 |
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Map of New France by Samuel de Champlain, 1612 |
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New Netherland 1614 |
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New Netherland and New England 1642 |
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New Netherland 1685 |
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America 1733 |
Population maps
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Population density |
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States by population |
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States by population density |
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Cities |
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Cities |
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Cities |
Ethnic and linguistic maps
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Native Americans in the United States |
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Native Americans |
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Early Indian languages |
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Early Indian languages (Alaska) |
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Ancestry by country |
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Chinese Ancestry |
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African American population density |
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Asian density |
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English as official language |
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English language spread in the United States |
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French language spread in the United States Distribution de la langue française aux États-unis |
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Italian language spread in the United States |
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Welsh language spread in the United States |
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Dutch language spread in the United States |
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German language spread in the United States |
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Swedish language spread in the United States Svenska språkets spridning i USA |
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Spanish language spread in the United States |
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Russian language spread in the United States |
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Finnish language spread in the United States |
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Tagalog language spread in the United States |
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Chamorro language spread in the United States |
Religion maps
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Jewish population |
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Jewish congregations |
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Roman Catholic dioceses |
Legal and political maps
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Electoral map |
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Courts of Appeals and District courts |
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Death Penalty |
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Abortion legislation |
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Pre-Abortion counselling legislation |
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Abortion legislation, mandatory waiting period laws |
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Highest median household income |
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Median household income change |
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Counties with the lowest median household income in 2000 |
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Counties with the lowest pro capita income in 2000 |
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States without income tax |
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States without income tax on wages |
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Position of the trade unions |
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Minimum wage legislation |
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Sodomy laws |
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Cannabis laws |
Climate maps
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Köppen climate types of the US |
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Several different air masses affect the United States. |
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A map of the average annual high temperatures in the United States. |
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Average precipitation |
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Record one day precipitation by county between 1979 and 2011. |
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Intense tornado activity in the United States. The darker-colored areas denote the area commonly referred to as Tornado Alley. |
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Average annual tornado reports in the United States. |
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Tracks of East Pacific tropical cyclones (1980–2005). |
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Tracks of North Atlantic tropical cyclones(1851–2012). |
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Continental United States hurricane strikes 1950-2007. |
Natural resources maps
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Major rivers of the United States |
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The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006 |
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Map of major US aquifers by rock type |
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Insolation map of the United States |
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Map showing wind power potential in U.S., including offshore |
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Estimated subterranean temperatures in Celsius at depths of about six kilometers in the U.S. mainland (Department of Energy). |
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Coal regions of the United States |
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Surface Coal Mines in the US |
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Locations of underground coal mines in the US |
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2010 coal production by region in short tons (US Energy Information Administration) |
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Coal production by basin 2014–2018 |
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Estimates of Oil Resources in the Outer Continental Shelf |
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Estimates of Onshore Oil Resources |
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Discovered shale gas deposits as of June 2016 |
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Map of US Uranium Districts (1979) |
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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
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Power plants in USA map |
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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. |
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Natural gas processing plants in the US by capacity and utilization, 2017 |
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Natural gas pipelines map |
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Proposed LNG Export Terminals in the US, 2012 (US Energy Information Administration) |
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NRC regions and locations of nuclear reactors, 2008 |
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Location of nuclear reactor fuel processing facilities in the United States (US NRC) |
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Nuclear Power plants that have been decommissioned or have announced plans to decommission. The size of the circles indicates the amount of electricity generated |
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US nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2018 (US EIA). |
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Map illustrating installed wind generating capacity for U.S. states at end of 2015. |
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Map of large US wind farms, with size illustrated. |
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Hydroelectric power map. |
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Fixed-tilt utility-scale solar energy generation capacity, representing 40% of US solar energy output. Map does not include tracking systems. |
Transportation maps
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Tonnage on highways, railroads, and inland waterways |
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Map of current Interstates |
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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 |
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Maximum state speed limits in the United States as of January 2017 |
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Map of the Class I Railroads in North america |
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Passenger trains in North America |
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Map showing current rail speeds in the United States. |
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Inland Waterway Connection |
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Top 25 water ports by tonnage |
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Container ports by TEU throughput in 2010 |
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Container ship routes to America from Asian Pacific |
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Map showing FAA overflight fee regions |
Various maps
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State name etymologies |
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Time zones |
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Rivers and lakes in the US |
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Federally protected marine areas (National Marine Sanctuaries) |
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Symbolic representation of visitors at each National Park |
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Map of the National Forests and Grasslands of the United States |
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United States Counties Per Capita Income |
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US household income distribution by county, 2009 |
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Density of cattle and calves by county in 2007. |
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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. |
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Map of United States Distribution of Soil Moisture Regimes |
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Level III ecoregions, United States |
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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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