9/ Delaware, DE Delaware’s northern border is a perfect...

9/ Delaware, DE

Delaware’s 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 doesn’t 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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Wedge

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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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Highway

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29 October at 14:07 | Open on en.osm.town

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11/ Georgia, GA

There is a border dispute at the Georgia-Tennessee boundary. Georgia claims parts of the Tennessee River after mistakes were made when surveying the region in the 19th Century.

Over 200 years have passed but it remains a “hot” topic due to the rapidly increasing and drier weather in the region, which has led to water shortages and limitations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee%E2%80%93Georgia_water_dispute

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-195-years-georgia-is-still-complaining-about-its-border-with-tennessee-9175183/

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11/ Georgia, GA

There is a border dispute at the Georgia-Tennessee boundary. Georgia claims parts of the Tennessee River after mistakes were made when surveying the region in the 19th Century.

Over 200 years have passed but it remains a “hot” topic due to the rapidly increasing and drier weather in the region, which has led to water shortages and limitations.

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29 October at 14:11 | Open on en.osm.town

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12/ Hawaii, HI

Hawaii changed political form several times before becoming the 50th—and newest—U.S. state on August 21, 1959! 🌺 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Kingdom

29 October at 14:13 | Open on en.osm.town