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The Western United States (also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, the Western territories, and the West) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
In 2010, Sporcle released an iPhone and Android application with 250 games, though it has since been expanded to include any compatible quiz. [40] [41] Sporcle also has an Alexa app. [42] Sporcle Live has a mobile application to help live trivia players find nearby trivia nights, RSVP to events, and access visual rounds.
The states shown in dark red are usually included, while all or portions of the striped states may or may not be considered part of <region name>. Maps [ edit ]
West Coast of the United States (15 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Regions of the Western United States" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776 , during the ...
A map of the United States showing land claims and cessions from 1782 to 1802. The state cessions are the areas of the United States that the separate states ceded to the federal government in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.