Comment on Rainbolt never misses

• SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I was under the impression a lot of states use rivers or water ways as state lines. Guessing it was that way as it was easiest before gps.

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Each state had to agree on the boundaries, and as with all of human history they were quite possessive and possibly greedy.

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    • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I like how that one state has a thin slice that stops Texas from touching the two above it.

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      • rocketpoweredredneck@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That’s Oklahoma and everyone in Texas hates it. Anyone who says otherwise is an escaped Oklahoman and the authorities need to be alerted so they can be returned to their isolation

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  • untorquer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Eh a lot of States are shaped by successive land aquisitions. They are territories then the state borders were defined upon statehood. These aquisitions by conquering or purchase happened over many decades. The national border of the time being adopted as a state border. This were often based on geographical details. After the Louisiana purchase there was a ton of land and it made sense to use a mixture of big squares and pre-existing territory borders. Though big landmarks like the Columbia/Mississippi rivers or mountain ranges play a role.

    Though there’s lots of politics involved but there’s skates Wikipedia.

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    • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Learn something new every day

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