How Every U.S. State Got Its Name

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Have you ever wondered how each state in the United States of America got its name? Why is Texas called Texas? How did Alaska get its name? Why are there so many “New” states? State names come from a variety of different sources such as names of their founders, names of nearby rivers, and names of Native American tribes or words. Let’s take a deep dive into how the 50 states got the names we know them by today.

States are (almost) listed in the order that they gained statehood, with the exception of North Carolina being moved next to South Carolina since their names come from the same source. South Carolina was the 8th state to join the union, while North Carolina was the 12th.

Timestamps for each state:
0:25 Delaware
1:03 Pennsylvania
1:40 New Jersey
2:12 Georgia
2:39 Connecticut
3:17 Massachusetts
3:48 Maryland
4:16 North Carolina & South Carolina
4:45 New Hampshire
5:12 Virginia
5:49 New York
6:15 Rhode Island
6:55 Vermont
7:31 Kentucky
7:58 Tennessee
8:32 Ohio
9:07 Louisiana
9:46 Indiana
10:24 Mississippi
10:49 Illinois
11:24 Alabama
12:00 Maine
12:29 Missouri
13:04 Arkansas
13:43 Michigan
14:18 Florida
14:54 Texas
15:55 Iowa
16:29 Wisconsin
17:08 California
18:00 Minnesota
18:32 Oregon
19:30 Kansas
20:03 West Virginia
20:52 Nevada
21:22 Nebraska
21:49 Colorado
22:15 North Dakota & South Dakota
23:04 Montana
23:36 Washington
24:03 Idaho
24:33 Wyoming
25:00 Utah
25:24 Oklahoma
25:53 New Mexico
26:29 Arizona
27:16 Alaska
27:44 Hawaii

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