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      • The original 13 colonies vary in shape and size. This did not please Thomas Jefferson, who suggested that Congress create future states equal in size based upon latitude and longitude coordinates. The construction of cross-country railroads and the Erie Canal helped dictate the contours of states where those modes of transport traversed.
      www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/04/10/this-is-how-each-state-got-its-shape/43513185/
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  2. Apr 10, 2021 · Missouri became part of the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The state borders eight states, and its current shape is the result of treaties, wars, and a Supreme Court...

  3. The United States has land borders with only Canada and Mexico, both of them long. It has maritime boundaries with many countries due to its extensive exclusive economic zone (EEZ). All of its maritime borders with Canada are at least partially disputed, and its territorial claims on three Caribbean islands are disputed.

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  4. Jul 30, 2024 · The United States and Mexico share a nearly 2,000-mile land border. Along the way, the American states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas abut the Mexican states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

  5. Feb 2, 2019 · published 2 February 2019. Fences are a relatively new addition to the U.S.'s 1,954-mile boundary with Mexico. Here's everything you need to know: How was the border established?

  6. The United States claimed the borderland as an American dominated space, one administered from Washington, DC. It is no coincidence that this definitive claim coincided with the final mapping of the borderline from 1891 to 1896, the line that still delineates the border today.

  7. May 22, 2019 · The following overview from the National Geographic Society considers these and other important questions about borders in the modern world. A border is a line that separates areas. Borders can be real or made up by people. Borders separate countries, states, provinces, counties, cities, and towns.

  8. Oct 1, 2024 · A border is a real or artificial line that separates geographic areas. Borders are political boundaries. They separate countries, states, provinces, counties, cities, and towns. A border outlines the area that a particular governing body controls.

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