List of U.S. states that were never U.S. territories

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Main article: Admission to the Union
Map of states that were never territories of the US

A state of the United States of America is one of the 50 administrative entities that shares its sovereignty with the federal government. The original 13 states had been British colonies before they declared (both individually and collectively) their independence from Great Britain in 1776.[1] Most of the states since admitted to the union have been formed within territories of the United States (that is, land under the sovereignty of the federal government but not part of any state) that were organized (given a measure of self-rule by the Congress subject to the Congress' plenary powers under Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution.[lower-alpha 1]

Six states established by Congress were never organized territories of the federal government (or part of one) prior to being admitted to the Union. The following table is a list the original 13 states plus these states and their respective dates of statehood. The original states are presented here in the order that each ratified the 1787 Constitution. The date of admission listed for each subsequent state is the official date set by Act of Congress.

List of U.S. states that were never U.S. territories

State Date of admission Formed from
 Delaware December 7, 1787[3] Crown Colony of Delaware[lower-alpha 2]
 Pennsylvania December 12, 1787[5] Crown Colony of Pennsylvania
 New Jersey December 18, 1787[6] Crown Colony of New Jersey
 Georgia January 2, 1788[3] Crown Colony of Georgia
 Connecticut January 9, 1788[7] Crown Colony of Connecticut
 Massachusetts February 6, 1788[3] Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
 Maryland April 28, 1788[3] Crown Colony of Maryland
 South Carolina May 23, 1788[3] Crown Colony of South Carolina
 New Hampshire June 21, 1788[3] Crown Colony of New Hampshire
 Virginia June 25, 1788[3] Crown Colony of Virginia
 New York July 26, 1788[8] Crown Colony of New York
 North Carolina November 21, 1789[9] Crown Colony of North Carolina
 Rhode Island May 29, 1790[3] Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
 Vermont March 4, 1791[10] Vermont Republic (also known as the New Hampshire Grants[lower-alpha 3])
 Kentucky June 1, 1792[11] Virginia (District of Kentucky: Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties[lower-alpha 4])
 Maine March 15, 1820[13] Massachusetts (District of Maine[lower-alpha 5])
 Texas December 29, 1845[14] Republic of Texas
 California September 9, 1850[15] unorganized territory[lower-alpha 6] (part)
 West Virginia June 20, 1863[16] Virginia (Trans-Allegheny region counties[lower-alpha 7])

See also

  • Texas annexation, the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States as a state in the Union

Notes

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