Before Statehood Listings

 

North America - 1790

Before Statehood 

The following is a list of state names, prior to statehood. Depending on when, some states were part of several territories before statehood. This is a basic ‘beginning’ for state references.

ALABAMA TERRITORY

ARKANSAS TERRITORY

BAJA CALIFORNIA

COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND

COLONY OF VIRGINIA (or Colony of Virginia and Old Dominion)

CONNECTICUT COLONY

FLORIDA TERRITORY

JEFFERSON TERRITORY (later as Colorado)

KANSAS TERRITORY 

KENTUCKY TERRITORY

ILLINOIS TERRITORY

LOUISIANA TERRITORY (or Territory of Orleans)

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY

MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY

MISSOURI TERRITORY

MONTANA TERRITORY 

NEVADA TERRITORY (also as Sierra Nevada)

NEW MEXICO TERRITORY

OKLAHOMA TERRITORY 

OREGON TERRITORY

PROVINCE OF GEORGIA

PROVINCE OF MARYLAND

PROVINCE OF NEW JERSEY

PROVINCE OF NEW YORK

PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA

PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA

PROVINCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

TENNESSEE TERRITORY

UTAH TERRITORY

WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Order of Statehood

Order   State                            Date

1.         Delaware                     Dec. 7, 1787

2.         Pennsylvania               Dec 12, 1787

3.         New Jersey                  Dec. 18, 1787

4.         Georgia                       Jan. 2, 1788

5.         Connecticut                 Jan. 9, 1788

6.         Massachusetts             Feb.6, 1788

7.         Maryland                     Apr. 28, 1788

8.         South Carolina            May 23, 1788

9.         New Hampshire          June 21, 1788

10.       Virginia                       June 25, 1788

11.       New York                   July 26, 1788

12.       North Carolina            Nov. 21, 1788

13.       Rhode Island               May 29, 1790

14.       Vermont                      Mar. 4, 1791

15.       Kentucky                    June 1, 1792

16.       Tennessee                    June 1, 1796

17.       Ohio                            Mar. 1, 1803

18.       Louisiana                     Apr. 30, 1812

19.       Indiana                         Dec. 11, 1816

20.       Mississippi                   Dec. 10, 1817

21.       Illinois                         Dec. 3, 1818

22.       Alabama                      Dec. 14, 1819

23.       Maine                          Mar. 15, 1820

24.       Missouri                      Aug. 10, 1821

25.       Arkansas                     June 15, 1836

26.       Michigan                     Jan. 26, 1837

27.       Florida                         Mar. 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                     Mar. 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