NEW HAMPSHIRE RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION June 21, 1788. Area, 9,280 sq. miles. Capital, CONCORD. Pop. 1870, 318,300. as the Granite State. Portsmouth in 1623; Mass. So named from Hampshire in England and popularly known First settled by Puritans at Dover and formerly embraced in the charter of VIRGINIA RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION July 26, 1788. Area, 47,000 sq. miles. Pop. 1870, 4,382,759. RATIFIED THE CONSTI- June 26, 1788. Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England, and popularly known as The Old Dominion, or Mother of States. First settled by the English at Jamestown in 1607. Chartered April 10, 1606. Formed a Constitution July 5, 1776. NEW YORK Wise EXCELSIOR So named in honor of the Duke of York, and popularly known as the Empire or Excelsior State. First settled by the Dutch on Manhattan Island in 1614. Granted to the Duke of York, March 20, 1664. So named in honor of King Charles IX. of France, and popularly known as the Old North or Turpentine State. First settled by the English at Albemarle, in 1650. Chartered March 20, 1663. Adopted a Constitution December 18, 1776. RHODE ISLAND RATIFIED THE CON STITUTION Nov. 21, 1789. Area, 50,704 sq. miles. Capital, RALEIGH. Pop. 1870, 1,071,361 Pop. 1870, 217,353 Rhodes in the Med It derives its name from the Island of iterranean, and is popularly known as Little Rhoda. First settled by Roger Williams at Providence in 1636. Parliament in 1644. Chartered by RATIFIED THE CON- May 29, 1790. Area, 1,300 sq. miles. and NEWPORT. ADMITTED INTO THE March 4, 1791. Area, 10,212 sq. miles. Pop. 1870,330,551. So named from the French vert mont, the Green Mountains, and popularly known as the Green Mountain State. First settled at Fort Dummer in 1764. Formed from territory belonging to New York. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION June 1, 1792. Area, 37,600 sq. miles. Capital, FRANKFORT. Pop. 1870, 1,320,011.; ADMITTED INTO THE KENTUCKY UNION June 1, 1796. Area, 45,600 sq. miles. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION Dec. 11, 1816. So called from its principal river, and popularly known as the State of the Dark First settled near Lexington, in 1775. Formed from territory belonging to Virginia. and Bloody Ground. TENNESSEE INDIANA COMMERCE So named after its principal river, and popularly known as the Big-Band State. Formed from territory belonging to North Carolina in 1790. Constitution adopted February 6, 1796. Area, 33,809 sq. miles. Pop.1870, 1,680,637 So named from the American Indians, and popularly known as The Hoosier State. First settled at Vincennes in 1730. Formed from North-West territory. Constitutution adopted June 29, 1816. UNION Nov. 29, 1802. Area, 39,964 sq. miles. Capital, COLUMBUS. Pop.1870, 2,665,260. So called from its principal river, and popularly known as the Buckeye State. First settled at Marietta in 1788. Formed from North-West territory. Constitution adopted November 1, 1802. OHIO LOUISIANA Pop. 1870, 726,915. NTO So named in honor of Louis XIV. and popularly known as The Creole State. First settled at Iberville in 1699; formed from French territory. Constitution adopted in January 22, 1812. MISSOURI ADMITTED INTO THE ADMITTED INTO THE Area, 65,350 sq. miles. Capital, JEFFERSON CITY. Pop. 1870, 1,721,295. So named from its principal river, the name signifying Muddy water. Formed from French territory; first settled in 1764, at St. Louis. Constitution. adopted July 19, 1820. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION AUG. 10, 1821. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION JAN. 26, 1837. Area, 56,451 sq. miles. Capital, LANSING. ADMITTED INTO THE UNION DEC. 3, 1818. Area, 55,410 sq. miles. Capital, SPRINGfield. MICHIGAN ADMITTED INTO THE UNION DEC. 10, 1817. Pop. 1870, 1,184,059. So named from Lake Michigan, an Indian term, meaning a river for fish, and popularly known as The Wolverine State. Formed from the northwestern territory. First settled in 1650, on the Detroit river. Constitution adopted January 25, 1833. ILLINOIS Pop. 1870, 2,539,891. So named from its principal river, the name meaning the river of men, and popularly known as The Suck r or Prairie State. Formed from Northwest Territory; first settled at Kaskaskia in 1720. Constitution adopted Aug. 26, 1818. MISSISSIPPI Area, 47,156 sq. miles. Capital, JACKSON. Pop. 1870, 827,922. So named from its Western boundary, and popularly known as The Bayou State. First settled at Natchez in 1716; formed from territory of South Carolina and Georgia. Constitution adopted March 1, 1817. |