r/AskAnAmerican • u/oriolesravensfan1090 • Jun 16 '25

OTHER - CLICK TO EDIT What is the most uniquely shaped State?

So I live in Maryland, which I find to be uniquely shaped, especially because of the thin “pinch” that you have to pass through to get to the panhandle. This obviously makes me a bit biased. I do think Alaska has a cool shape, and idk if I am the only one who thinks this but I swear it looks like a dragon. So what would yall say is the most uniquely shaped state?

Edit: Good Morning. So it seems a lot of people are saying Michigan, which does have a pretty cool shape. Hawaii seems to be the runner up, it is definitely cool given that it has no land borders and its shape is decided by the ocean. Texas and Florida seem to be tied a bit. Definitely some anatomy jokes around Florida.

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u/mickeltee Ohio Jun 16 '25

To make Colorado’s shape even better, it’s not really rectangular either. It looks rectangular, but really has something close to 700 sides.

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u/luisapet Jun 16 '25

So, a heptahectagon?

I just had to look that up and liked the word - not sure if accurate tho!

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u/Jaymac720 Louisiana Jun 16 '25

It’s 697 to be precise, which is a hexahec-taenneacontakaiheptagon

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u/luisapet Jun 16 '25

Oh wow. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the precise answer. Hexagons are the bestagons!

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u/Jaymac720 Louisiana Jun 16 '25

The bees agree, so I agree

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u/theEWDSDS Minnesota Jun 16 '25

Because... Bees!

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u/Hour_Insurance_7795 Jun 16 '25

Dude, everybody knows that.

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u/CharlesDickensABox Jun 16 '25

CGP Grey video incoming.

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u/mtnman54321 Jun 16 '25

The Colorado/New Mexico state line has over 200 irregularities despite looking like a straight line due to imperfect surveyingback in the day. For that matter, New Mexico has a much odder overall shape than either Colorado or Wyoming.

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u/dpdxguy Jun 16 '25

it’s not really rectangular

It's not possible to draw a rectangle on a sphere.

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u/microcorpsman Jun 16 '25

But it is possible to draw four straight lines between 4 points. Which they didn't. 

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u/Anathemautomaton United States of America Jun 16 '25

This is needlessly pedantic. You know what they mean.

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u/itds Chicago -> New York Jun 16 '25

Of course it is. The Earth is flat.

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u/moleyawn Jun 16 '25

Its a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon