United States of America

Wyoming is one of the Rocky Mountain states located in the west-central United States. Rectangular in shape, it is bordered by Montana to the north, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Colorado and Utah to the south and Idaho to the west.

WITH ITS CAPITAL at Charleston, West Virginia occupies 24,181 square mi (62,629 square km). Its lowest point is the Potomac River at 210 ft (73m) near Harper’s Ferry.

NAMED FOR QUEEN Elizabeth I of England who was known as the Virgin Queen, the Commonwealth of Virginia is officially known as The Old Dominion State.

THE BEEHIVE STATE, covering an area of 84,990 square mi (220,124 square km), is located in the southwest United States and features a dry, mountainous topography.

TEXAS IS A SOUTHWESTERN state of the United States, bordering Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Mexico lies across the Rio Grande to the south.

NAMED BY THE Cherokee Native Americans, the U.S. state of Tennessee, which is officially known as the Volunteer State, is celebrated throughout the world as the home of American country music.

SOUTH DAKOTA, IN THE American Midwest, is the 17th largest state at 77,121 square mi (199,742 square km), but is small in population (just 754,844 people ranking it as 46th largest in population).

KNOWN AS THE Palmetto State, South Carolina was named for Kings Charles I and Charles II of England.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF Pennsylvania, also known as the Keystone State, is located in the northeastern United States.

OREGON IS A STATE located on the west coast of the United States and has a landscape for just about everyone...

LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN the east and west coasts of the United States and just south of the geographic center of the United States in Kansas, Oklahoma is one of the Great Plains states.

OHIO IS A MIDWESTERN state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Interestingly, when the first settlers were arriving, the area was considered to be America’s great northwest.

NORTH DAKOTA, THE Flickertail State, is a land of endless fields of corn, sunflowers, wheat, and buffalo. The state has a small population but is rich in natural resources.

KNOWN AS BOTH the Tar Heel State and Old North State, North Carolina was part of colonial America.

NEW YORK—OFTEN called New York State to distinguish it from New York City—is a northeastern state of the United States, bordering Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut to the east;

NEW MEXICO IS THE “Land of Enchantment.” Nowhere else in the United States can such a variety of landscapes, histories, and traditions be found.

THE STATE OF New Jersey, located on the east coast of the United States between New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, is home to hundreds of flora and fauna.

LOCATED IN THE northeastern United States, the state of New Hampshire has a total area of 9,304 square mi (23,380 square km) of land and 277 square mi (23,3380 square km) of inland water, with its geographic center lying in Belknap County, 3 mi (5 km) east of the town of Ashland.

KNOWN AS THE Silver State, the Battle-Born State, or the Sagebrush State, the mountain state of Nevada was admitted to the Union in 1864 as the 36th state.

KNOWN AS THE Cornhusker State, the west northcentral state of Nebraska was named from a Native American word meaning “flat or broad water.”

AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is known for its mountains and extensive natural resources, such as copper, silver, gold, coal, lead, zinc, oil, limestone, antimony, phosphates, and gypsum.

IN THE MIDWESTERN United States, Missouri is the 19th state in terms of size of all the states. Its name is derived from a Native American word for “town of large canoes.” Missouri covers an area of 69,686 square mi (180,487 square km). A landlocked STATE, inland waters cover an area of 691 square mi (1,790 square km).

KNOWN AS THE Magnolia State, Mississippi is bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the south by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by Alabama, and on the west by lOUISIANA and Arkansas. The Mississippi River, which flows along most of the western boundary of the state, is the origin of the state’s name.

WITH THE EXCEPTION of Alaska, Minnesota is the northernmost U.S. state, on account of the notch in its northern border, where Lake of the Woods abuts Canada. Long known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” the state is also known for its progressive society, common Scandinavian heritage, sturdy agriculture, advanced technology, and outdoor tourism.

IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL United States, Michigan is known as the Wolverine State. Michigan entered the Union in 1837 as the 26th state, measuring 490 mi (788 km) north to south and 240 mi (386 km) east to west. The total area of Michigan is 96,716 square mi (250,493 square km), making Michigan the 11thlargest state.

THE COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts has a population of 6,379,304 (2001), more than half of whom live in the greater Boston metropolitan area. The largest city in the state is Boston (the capital), with a population of 589,141, and the smallest town is Gosnold, with a population of 86.