Admission of States
The dates in order of appearance were the (1)the date the state was admitted into the Union and (2)the date the state was first created and for what reason. This does not include the years that each of the original thirteen colonies were made royal charters under British rule.
- 1. Delaware - Dec. 7, 1787 - - created by Swedes in 1638
- 2. Pennsylvania - Dec. 12, 1787 - - created by William Penn in 1681
- 3. New Jersey - Dec. 18, 1787 - - created by Berkeley & Carteret in 1664
- 4. Georgia - Jan. 12, 1788 - - created by James Oglethorpe as a buffer colony between Spanish Florida and the other colonies in 1733
- 5. Connecticut - Jan, 9, 1788 - - created by Massachusettes emigrants in 1635
- 6. Massachusetts - Feb. 7, 1788 - - created by Puritans in 1628
- 7. Maryland - April 28, 1788 - - created by Lord Baltimore as a Catholic Haven in 1634
- 8. South Carolina - May 23, 1788 - - created by eight nobles in 1670
- 9. New Hampshire - June 21, 1788 - - created by John Mason & others in 1623
- 10. Virginia - June 26, 1788 - - created by the London Co. in 1607
- 11. New York - July 26, 1788 - - created first by Dutch in 1613 and then renamed by Duke of York in 1664
- 12. North Carolina - Nov. 12, 1789 - - created by Virginians in 1653
- 13. Rhode Island - May 29, 1790 - - created by Roger Williams in 1636 as a refuge for all religions
- 14. Vermont - March 4, 1791 - -
- 15. Kentucky - June 1, 1792
- 16. Tennessee - June 1, 1796
17. Ohio - March 1, 1803
18. Lousiana - April 30, 1812
19. Indiana - Dec. 11, 1816
20. Mississippi - Dec. 10, 1817
21. Illinois - Dec. 3, 1818
22. Alabama - Dec. 4, 1819
23. Maine - March 15, 1820
24. Missouri - Aug. 10, 1821
25. Arkansas - June 15, 1836
26. Michigan - Jan. 26, 1837
27. Florida - March 3, 1845
28. Texas - Dec. 29, 1845
29. Iowa - Dec. 28, 1846
30. Wisconsin - May 29, 1848
31. California - Sept. 9, 1850
32. Minnesota - May 11, 1858
33. Oregon - Feb. 14, 1859
34. Kansas - Jan. 29, 1861
35. West Virginia - June 20, 1863
36. Nevada - Oct. 31, 1864
37. Nebraska - March 1, 1867
38. Colorado - Aug. 1, 1876
39. North Dakota - Nov. 2, 1889
40. South Dakota - Nov. 2, 1889
41. Montana - Nov. 8, 1889
42. Washington - Nov. 11, 1889
43. Idaho - July 3, 1890
44. Wyoming - July 10, 1890
45. Utah - Jan. 4, 1896
46. Oklahoma - Nov. 16, 1907
47. New Mexico - Jan. 6, 1912
48. Arizona - Feb. 14, 1912
49. Alaska - Jan. 3, 1959
50. Hawaii - Aug. 21, 1959
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