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Old 04-11-2014, 04:12 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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The only states that have ever been the largest state in the Union were Virginia, (fill in the blank), Texas and Alaska.

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Missouri, from 1821-1845


I'm disregarding the technical fact that Delaware was the largest (and only) state for five days, Pennsylvania for three weeks, and Georgia for six months, before Virginia.

One could also argue that technically, Georgia remained the largest until 1817, when it ceded the territory for Mississippi and Alabama statehood. Which left Virginia the largest.

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Old 04-11-2014, 04:14 PM
 
Location: The City
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The only states that have ever been the largest state in the Union were Virginia, (fill in the blank), Texas and Alaska.

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Missouri
land area? I assume

And for VA that is before the VA/WV split correct?

always enjoy ur tidbits Jtur - thanks!
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Old 04-11-2014, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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I'm sure it was already mentioned but it is so odd that this part of Manhattan is not considered part of The Bronx:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/ny...manhattan.html


Also surprising facts to me: Madrid (40°24′N), Philadelphia ( 39°57′N), Beijing (39°54′N), Denver (39°44′N) are all roughly on the same latitude.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...40.C2.B0_North

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Old 04-11-2014, 05:40 PM
 
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The only states that have ever been the largest state in the Union were Virginia, (fill in the blank), Texas and Alaska.

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Missouri, from 1821-1845


I'm disregarding the technical fact that Delaware was the largest (and only) state for five days, Pennsylvania for three weeks, and Georgia for six months, before Virginia.

One could also argue that technically, Georgia remained the largest until 1817, when it ceded the territory for Mississippi and Alabama statehood. Which left Virginia the largest.
What about New York? It seems way bigger than VA
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Old 04-12-2014, 06:01 PM
 
Location: Trieste
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An oddity to me is that some western cities (especially in California and the nearby) are older and even got a sort of historical downtown, compared to many many southern counterparts (when with southern I mean mostly sunbelt ones)

It's an oddity because one would assume that the age of a city were synchronized with the traditional westward expansion from the Atlantic to the Pacific i.e. one would brought to think Houston were older and monumental than say Carson City, while it's the other way around.
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Old 04-14-2014, 12:41 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
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I'm sure it was already mentioned but it is so odd that this part of Manhattan is not considered part of The Bronx:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/ny...manhattan.html


Also surprising facts to me: Madrid (40°24′N), Philadelphia ( 39°57′N), Beijing (39°54′N), Denver (39°44′N) are all roughly on the same latitude.

List of cities by latitude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And I'd bet that most Americans think Denver is closer to the same lattitude as Minneapolis

A friend of mine moved here to Denver and his mom, who lives in Oregon, told him that "roses wouldn't grow way up there in Denver", thinking it was somewhere further north than Oregon.
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Old 04-14-2014, 02:16 PM
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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What about New York? It seems way bigger than VA
At the time, the state of Virginia included West Virginia, which did not secede until 1863.
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Old 04-14-2014, 05:51 PM
 
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At the time, the state of Virginia included West Virginia, which did not secede until 1863.
NY still seems bigger! WV & VA are smaller than NY even combined.
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Old 04-14-2014, 06:11 PM
 
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NY still seems bigger! WV & VA are smaller than NY even combined.
No.

List of U.S. states and territories by area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NY: 54,555 square miles
VA: 42,775 square miles
WV: 24,230 square miles

VA+WV > NY
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Old 04-14-2014, 10:25 PM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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What about New York? It seems way bigger than VA
Virginia included West Virginia, up to the time that Missouri was admitted to the union, and Missouri was only very slightly bigger.
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