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 7/ Colorado / CO The seemingly rectangular shape of Colorado, the Centennial State, is actually composed of 697 sides, making it a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon. Donโt bother pronouncing it! There are no true straight lines on any state borders due to the pesky roundness of the earth and mistakes made by 19th-century surveyors. https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/colorado-is-not-a-rectangle/ 5 comments
9/ Delaware, DE Delawareโs northern border is a perfect arc, making it the only U.S. state with a circular border. Referred to as the Twelve-Mile Circle, it naturally doesnโt tessellate perfectly with neighbouring straight-line borders and created a disputed patch of land called the Delaware Wedge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Mile_Circle 10/ Florida, FL About 15 miles south of Miami are the Florida Keys. The southernmost part of the continental United States, this small archipelago found in the Florida Straights is connected to the mainland via the Overseas Highway, a 106-mile long bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys 12/ Hawaii, HI Hawaii changed political form several times before becoming the 50thโand newestโU.S. state on August 21, 1959! ๐บ It was an independent kingdom from 1795 until 1893, then became a republic (1894-1898), followed by U.S. territory status (1898-1959), and finally, statehood. |
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8/ Connecticut, CT
Connecticut is divided into counties, but there are no county-level governments.
Instead, councils of governments (COGs) are regional planning orgs that unite elected officials from local municipalities. Recognised as county equivalents, COGs help coordinate things, filling roles similar to county governments, which were disbanded in 1960.
Currently, there are 9 COGs following recent mergers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Councils_of_governments_in_Connecticut
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