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  2. List of state partition proposals in the United States

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    Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise, which also geographically limited the spread of slavery and enabled the admission to statehood of Missouri the following year. [55] [56] [57] During the abolitionist era some supporters of William Lloyd Garrison sought the secession of Essex County from the state ...

  3. Secession in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A New Hampshire man holds a sign advocating for secession during the 2012 presidential election. In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a state or territory to form a separate territory or new state, or to the severing of an area from a ...

  4. List of U.S. county secession proposals - Wikipedia

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    The list of county secession proposals in the United States includes proposed new counties to be formed from existing counties within a given state that have not yet been formed. For counties that want to secede from their current state and to join or create another, see List of U.S. state partition proposals.

  5. Rural counties in California, Illinois push to secede from ...

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    A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.

  6. Texas Nationalist Movement wants secession vote during 2024 ...

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    AUSTIN — An organization called the Texas Nationalist Movement has submitted more than 139,000 petition signatures to the state Republican Party seeking to place a referendum on the March ...

  7. Greater Idaho movement - Wikipedia

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    As of July 2024, thirteen counties in Oregon (shown in red) had approved ballot measures in favor of Greater Idaho.. The Greater Idaho movement is an effort in the United States for counties east of the Oregon Cascades [1] to secede from the state of Oregon and join Idaho.

  8. Long Island (proposed state) - Wikipedia

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    Long Island, a large island directly south of New England, has made attempts in the past to secede from New York and become its own state. Mentions of Long Island secession range from 1896 to 2010. The proposed 51st state has also speculated the combination of Nassau and Suffolk counties into one county in order to reduce costs. [1]

  9. County supervisors urged to secede from California and form ...

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    This is not the first attempt to break up the state, with at least 220 documented attempts previously, according to the California State Library. County supervisors urged to secede from California ...