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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
The first part is US, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United States. The second part is two letters, which is the postal abbreviation of the state, district, or outlying area, except the United States Minor Outlying Islands which do not have a postal abbreviation.
Lake St. George State Park: Waldo: Liberty Township 358 145 Lake St. George Camping, swimming, boating, hiking Lamoine State Park: Hancock: Lamoine: 55 22 1949 Frenchman's Bay: Camping, kayaking Lily Bay State Park: Piscataquis: Greenville: 924 374 1959 Moosehead Lake: Fronts the state's largest lake Mackworth Island: Cumberland: Falmouth: 100 ...
Each state elects two senators, while representatives are distributed among the states in proportion to the most recent constitutionally mandated decennial census. [5] Additionally, each state is entitled to select a number of electors to vote in the Electoral College , the body that elects the president of the United States , equal to the ...
False Cape State Park: Virginia Beach: 3,844 acres (15.56 km 2) 1968 Open First Landing State Park: Virginia Beach: 2,888 acres (11.69 km 2) 1936 Open Originally Seashore State Park [1] Grayson Highlands State Park: Mouth of Wilson: 4,502 acres (18.22 km 2) 1965 Open High Bridge Trail State Park: Farmville: 1,236 acres (5.00 km 2) 2006 Open
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The First State [30] [33] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates) Peach State [30] (no longer used; see Georgia) Small Wonder [30] District of Columbia [a] Nation's Capital [34] DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) [34] Inside the Beltway [35]
More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51. List of the 95 counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia (links shown under FIPS County Code are for the U.S. Census Bureau Statistics Info Page for that county):