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County boundaries
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Kathleen Much
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Oct 23, 2003 11:36 PDT
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The Beck said:
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ever change? Or is it only in
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State boundaries in the U.S. change only under serious provocation. :)
Such as war (e.g., West Virginia). Boundaries were somewhat flexible
in early days, partly because of limited surveying skills and partly
because of disputes. A person born in Virginia might have lived in
Tennessee and died in North Carolina without ever moving a step,
because the state boundaries wiggled around for a while. But since the
Civil War (ended 1865), I don't think any state boundaries have
changed once a state entered the union.
Texas, as a republic that joined the U.S. by treaty, not by
annexation, retained the right to split into five states if it wanted,
but it has never exercised the privilege.
As far as I know, county boundaries within states are stable as well.
I'm not aware of any county boundaries ever moving around, at least in
the past century or so.
Kathleen Much
A Texan living in California
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