Can you name the countries that have bordered or border the United States and/or its possessions since 1783?

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  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Countries need not exist today to count. They must only have bordered the United States or its possessions at one point since the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Includes some states with limited recognition
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: unlike the previous "Borders of" quizzes, military and wartime territory gains and occupations DO count for this quiz. Unfortunately, what little is known of Native American possessions during this time is unreliable, so no tribal territories are counted.
  • Source: Historical Maps and many others
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Years BorderingCountryBorders With
1783-1791Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York (1783-1791)
1783-1821Georgia (1783-1821); North Carolina (1783-1790); Virginia (1783-1792); Northwest Territory (1783-1800); Southwest Territory (1790-1796); Kentucky (1792-1800); Tennessee (1796-1800); Mississippi (1798-1821); Louisiana Territory (1803-1821); Orleans Territory (1804-1812); Louisiana (1812-1821); Alabama Territory (1817-1820); Oregon Country (1818-1821); Alabama (1820-1821))
1783-1867; 1945-1955New Hampshire, New York (1783-1867); Massachusetts (1783-1820); Northwest Territory (1783-1803); Connecticut (1783-1800); Vermont (1791-1867); Pennsylvania (1792-1867); Indiana Territory (1800-1809); Ohio (1803-1867); Louisiana Territory (1803-1812); Michigan Territory (1805-1837); Illinois Territory (1809-1818); Missouri Territory (1812-1821); Oregon Country (1818-1846); Maine (1820-1867); Unorganized Territory (1821-1854); Wisconsin Territory (1836-1848); Michigan (1837-1867); Iowa Territory (1838-1849); Oregon Territory (1846-1853); Minnesota Territory (1849-1858); Washington Territory (1853-1867); Nebraska Territory (1854-1861); Minnesota (1858-1867); Dakota Territory (1861-1867); Idaho Territory, Montana Territory (1864-1867); American Occupation Zone of Austria (1945-1955); American Occupation Zone of Germany (1945-1949)
1800-1803Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Mississippi Territory, Tennessee, Yazoo Lands (1800-1803)
1810Louisiana, Mississippi (1810)
1818-1846Oregon Country (1818-1846)
1821-1824Arkansaw Territory, Louisiana, Oregon Country, Unorganized Territory (1821-1824)
1824-1864; 1867-2013Oregon Country, Unorganized Territory (1824-1848); Arkansas Territory, Louisiana (1824-1836); Texas (1836-1861; 1867-2012); Oregon Territory (1846-1848); California (1850-1864; 1867-2012); New Mexico Territory (1850-1861; 1867-1912); Arizona Territory (1867-1912); Arizona, New Mexico (1912-2012); Occupied Veracruz (1914)
1836-1845; 1861Arkansas, Louisiana, Unorganized Territory (1836-1845); Arkansas, Indian Territory, New Mexico Territory (1861)
1860-1861Georgia, North Carolina (1860-1861)
1861Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee (1861)
1861Alabama, Georgia (1861)
1861Georgia, Tennessee (1861)
1861North Carolina, Tennessee (1861)
1861Arkansas, Texas (1861)
1861-1865Arkansas, California, Colorado Territory, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico Territory (1861-1865); Ohio, Pennsylvania (1861-1863); Arizona Territory, West Virginia (1863-1865)
1864-1867Arizona Territory, New Mexico Territory, Texas (1865-1867); California (1864-1867)
1867-2013Alaska, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont (1867-2012); Idaho Territory, Montana Territory (1867-1890); Dakota Territory, Washington Territory (1867-1889); Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Washington (1889-1907)
Years BorderingCountryBorders With
1903-1979Panama Canal Zone (1903-1979)
1912-1933Occupied Nicaragua (1912-1933)
1912-1933Occupied Nicaragua (1912-1933)
1915-1916; 1924-1934Occupied Haiti (1915-1916; 1924-1934)
1945-1955American Occupation Zone of Austria (1945-1955); American Occupation Zone of Germany (1945-1949)
1945-1955American Occupation Zone of Austria (1945-1955)
1945-1955American Occupation Zone of Austria (1945-1955); American Occupation Zone of Germany (1945-1949)
1945-1949American Occupation Zone of Germany (1945-1949)
1945-1948US Army Military Government in Korea (1945-1948)
1949-1955American Occupation Zone of Austria (1949-1955)
1965-1966Occupied Dominican Republic (1965-1966)
2003-2004Coalition Provisional Authority (2003-2004)
2003-2004Coalition Provisional Authority (2003-2004)
2003-2004Coalition Provisional Authority (2003-2004)
2003-2004Coalition Provisional Authority (2003-2004)
2003-2004Coalition Provisional Authority (2003-2004)
2003-2004Coalition Provisional Authority (2003-2004)
2004-2009Green Zone (2004-2009)
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Borders of the United States (1783-2013) Quiz

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