I had the question from jeadie05 "how many states at the time Washington became a state?" Here's a list of states and their order and date of admission...
1. Delaware 7 December 1787 2. Pennsylvania 12 December 1787 3. New Jersey 18 December 1787 4. Georgia 2 January 1788 5. Connecticut 9 January 1788 6. Massachusetts 6 February 1788 7. Maryland 28 April 1788 8. South Carolina 23 May 1788 9. New Hampshire 21 June 1788 10. Virginia 25 June 1788 11. New York 26 July 1788 12. North Carolina 21 November 1789 13. Rhode Island 29 May 1790 14. Vermont 4 March 1791 15. Kentucky 1 June 1792 16. Tennessee 1 June 1796 17. Ohio 1 March 1803 18. Louisiana 30 April 1812 19. Indiana 11 December 1816 20. Mississippi 10 December 1817 21. Illinois 3 December 1818 22. Alabama 14 December 1819 23. Maine 15 March 1820 24. Missouri 10 August 1821 25. Arkansas 15 June 1836 26. Michigan 26 January 1837 27. Florida 3 March 1845 28. Texas 19 December 1845 29. Iowa 28 December 1846 30. Wisconsin 29 May 1848 31. California 9 September 1850 32. Minnesota 11 May 1858 33. Oregon 14 February 1859 34. Kansas 29 January 1861 35. West Virginia 20 June 1863 36. Nevada 31 October 1864 37. Nebraska 1 March 1867 38. Colorado 1 August 1876 39. North Dakota 2 November 1889 40. South Dakota 2 November 1889 41. Montana 8 November 1889 42. Washington 11 November 1889 43. Idaho 3 July 1890 44. Wyoming 10 July 1890 45. Utah 4 January 1896 46. Oklahoma 16 November 1907 47. New Mexico 6 January 1912 48. Arizona 14 February 1912 49. Alaska 3 January 1959 and 50. Hawaii 21 August 1959
3 comments:
Thanks for that Linda - very interesting...Ally
Oh Linda ,thankyou so much for that info ,my nosyness !!Ihope it didnt create too much,reseach for you ,none the less useful facts to have once again, thankyou ,..........Jan xx
thanks for doing this; I live in Montana; we were the 41st state; I've also lived in California, the 31st state, Oregon, the 33rd state and New Mexico the 47th state.
Lots of good history here :)
betty
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