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This is a list of historic regions of the United States, defined as regions that were legal entities in the past.
The following are land grants, cessions, purchases, defined districts (official or otherwise) or named settlements made within an area that was already part of the original 13 colonies or a state of the Union or U.S. territory, including major land acquisitions (of varying degrees of legality) from Native Americans that did not involve international treaties or state cessions.
The following is a list of organized U.S. territories that have become states, in the order of the date organized.
   | Official Name and Status History of the several States and U.S. Territories - Official Name and Status History of the several States and U.S. Territories |
| | LOC: Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784-1894, United States Serial Set, Number 4015 - Indian Land Cessions: U.S. Congressional Documents |
| | United States Territorial Maps 1775-1920 - U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920 |
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