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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
South Carolina's history as the "Palmetto State" began during the Revolutionary War. ... Virginia's nickname, "Old Dominion," dates back to colonial times. ... West Virginia is located in the ...
South Carolina: The Palmetto State ... The iconic Mount Rushmore is located in South Dakota, so the state's nickname is "The Mount Rushmore State." Straightforward stuff, folks. ... West Virginia ...
Central Savannah River Area (part of Georgia and South Carolina) Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania) Washington metropolitan area (District of Columbia and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia)
South Carolina: South Carolinian Sandlapper [55] Spanish: Sudcarolino, sudcarolina South Dakota: South Dakotan Spanish: Sudakotense Tennessee: Tennessean Volunteer, Butternut [56] Big Bender Texas: Texan Texian (Anglo-Texan - historical), [57] Tejano (Hispano-Texan), Texican (archaic) Spanish: Texano, texanaSpanish: Tejano, tejana Utah: Utahn ...
The nickname is derived from South Carolina’s state tree, the sabal palmetto. The official tree of South Carolina is the South Carolina palmetto. Also called the cabbage palmetto, ...
South Carolina (/ ˌ k ær ə ˈ l aɪ n ə / ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River.
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.