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After Hawaii, the US state with the highest percentage of residents who live on an island is New York. About 49% of New York State's population lives on Long Island, Manhattan Island, or Staten Island. No other state comes remotely close to having that percentage of island residents.
I'm actually surprised that more New Yorkers live on the "continent" than on those three islands, considering the density of NYC. Now that you mention this, the Bronx is the only part of NYC not on an island.
Supai, Arizona is considered to be the most remote community in the lower 48 states. It is accessible only by helicopter, by mule, or on foot. It is also one of only two places in the US where mail is carried out of the village by mules.
Stehekin, Washington is almost just as remote. It is completely disconnected from the road system, only accessible by small plane, boat, or a very long hike. The smaller communities of Lucerne, Washington and Holden Village, Washington are the same. All three are located on Lake Chelan, and are served by passanger ferry from Chelan, Washington. The only other town on the lake connected to the road system aside from Chelan is nearby Manson, Washington.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula contains 29% of the state's land but only 3% of the state''s population. If the Upper Peninsula ( or UP) was a separate state, it would rank 42'nd in area and dead last in population.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula contains 29% of the state's land but only 3% of the state''s population. If the Upper Peninsula ( or UP) was a separate state, it would rank 42'nd in area and dead last in population.
If it become a separate state, it would become the second state to share a border with only one other state.
At the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, the Ohio is the larger of the two rivers by average discharge.
Ohio River at Cairo, IL (281,500 cubic ft/sec)
Mississippi River at Thebes, IL (208,200 cubic ft/sec)
The Ohio River happens to drain a catchment area of far greater rainfall than does the Missouri. Which is why other contributors in this thread have pointed out that the Ohio forms a "hydrological mainstem" of the Mississippi.
However: had the continent been "discovered" from west to east (as indeed it was, only by Pre-Columbians) the Missouri-Mississippi could be (accurately) considered the nation's longest and greatest river. So this is more a matter of cultural dominance than geography.
Had the Cross-Florida Barge Canal been completed, it would have created the largest island in the US.
Looking at the Mississippi watershed map someone posted just after yours... Isn't there a canal between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan? So isn't all of the east coast and much of the south and the midwest an island?
Michigan's Upper Peninsula contains 29% of the state's land but only 3% of the state''s population. If the Upper Peninsula ( or UP) was a separate state, it would rank 42'nd in area and dead last in population.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula has a better claim than Lower Michigan to the state's historical identity. The UP was explored by Europeans almost 70 years before, and permanently settled 30 years before, anyplace in Lower Michigan.
There is speculation that if they divided into two states, the Upper would be named the State of Superior, but it would be more historically logical to name the Lower part the State of Inferior.
The Walt Disney World Resort Complex is larger then the entire land area of the City of San Francisco
So is Denver International Airport.
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