Territorial History of the USA: Every Month for 400 Years

[@cursed_multicel]

Absolutely amazing. I can't imagine the amount of work this took to put together.

[@yanapollari]

And native killings

[@memyselfandtau4712]

Party pooper

[@serpent9ne]

400 years.

[@Pieprzonypedal]

@@serpent9neno, 248 years

[@cloudyfromtpotreal]

​@@Pieprzonypedalthe title says 400

[@purpleduracell]

1950-1975, CALM DOWN COLORADO. Your counties are fine.

[@javatmbinary3663]

The Best Purple that’s because as Denver grew, the county boundaries around it were changing

[@smashbros6480]

CSA, they forgot to metion the Confederate States of America

[@T120-t4e]

The Confederacy

[@DudeWhoLikesCock]

Even today Denver sits in the middle of some weird orgy clusterfuck of counties instead of a neat and concise layout like it could have been with all that changing

[@than217]

2001 Broomfield Colorado: "I beg to differ." (It's kinda funny that the map stops before 2001 which was the last new county added in the US of Broomfield, Colorado)

[@Worldwidegam3r]

Its interesting how the shape of the counties change across the country. Toward the east they are small random shapes, in the middle the counties become more square and organised and then to the west they just get bigger and less organised xD

[@CooperCarr]

The evenness is due to ranching lands that were really large. Usually high pop areas result in crazy looking counties.

[@RollingThunder2020]

Don't forget about the gerrymandering. You can see (what I presume to be) it at 2:00 as the same counties in NE Colorado pulse year after year after year. People were messing with the boundaries to try and get favorable demographic splits, most likely.

[@CooperCarr]

Jason Baker First this isn't me being an a hole on youtube, just speculating. I think gerrymandering is voting districts not county lines. Cause I think voting boundaries are within counties. Could be wrong as I haven't looked much up. senatedistrict10.com/images/TarrantPcts2012.jpg

[@chrisperdue9029]

Pretty sure you're right about that, Cooper.

[@mudkip201]

I think you are referring to the expansion of Denver as a city and county.

[@gallowspole]

all those denver county annexations

[@cmdr_ultraviol3nt]

The fuck actually happened there?

[@mcvibing2785]

@@cmdr_ultraviol3nt just denver getting more populated and expanding. at least thats what i believe

[@bosse800]

Counties of Colorado: (annexing each other) Colorado itself: Hey my counties what are you doing inside of me

[@sandeepgill9975]

@@bosse800 pause

[@BlackWaynePlaysGames]

​@@cmdr_ultraviol3nt Denver discovered the art of enclaves and exclaves and decided to do that, I guess, making it ANOTHER city with a dumbass county map😑

[@uziTGC]

wow that's a lot of work

[@feuerfuxxblabla]

Well, it took them 400 years

[@K4inan]

:DD

[@uziTGC]

***** whatever dude. I was talking about the video, not the US. But since you brought it up, Spaniards had slaves and a resource rich continent (South America) and where are they now? It's not as simple as you think.

[@tyronebiggums8661]

LOL! showed replies just to see if someone had typed something like this out. Look @ his name, obvious troll.

[@the64thcucumber]

Until 1865.

[@jamegumbsmigraines.3501]

Alaska bought for $7.2 million from Russia in 1867. Manhattan bought from Native Americans for $24 by Dutch colonists in 1626.

[@dsy6238]

Which is $112 M in today's money, yes.

[@kyle9566]

more like close to 400mil

[@VoltageTHD]

Natives got their money back with their casinos everywhere.

[@Peng_Pong]

Too much of it.

[@richardthomas6390]

I heard that the tribe which sold the Dutch Manhattan Island did not even own it. I belonged to another tribe. I may be wrong, though.

[@taugustusholm]

This was one of the first videos I watched on KZbin.

[@Al4beef]

I'm more amazed by the amount of information. I wonder if they used a program or did this by hand

[@redgravemirren]

It's 2010's. Pretty sure it's done by a program

[@pkrangersf3072]

Should've included AK, HI, and all current and former overseas territories to paint the whole picture of America. Would be wicked cool with the professional style you did here!

[@Peace_And_Love42]

Agreed. However, patriotism/nationalism in America requires that that we ignore the fact that we have multiple territories that are taxed without representation, because it doesn't fit with our alleged theme of "FREEDOM! ~eagle scream~"

[@starseeker5231]

​@@Peace_And_Love42Territories ( Colonies ).

[@Jxmu.]

​@Peace_And_Love42 what is this reasoning oml alaska and hi and territories are all usa

[@skinwalker69420]

@@Peace_And_Love42 nationalism and patriotism aren't the same thing

[@daggerhell99]

Anyone notice at 1:43 there's a little patch of land that swings back and forth between Oklahoma and Texas before finally settling in Oklahoma?

[@SoldiesBC]

That is present day Greer County, it used to be bigger, but a few years after being settled in Oklahoma it got split into 3 or 4 other counties.

[@MewxPro]

Greer belongs to Texas!!

[@poshmalosh14]

Welcome to disputed territory

[@ZaibatsuHeavyIndustries]

Mewx Productions texas is powerful enough

[@mazenmoussa1935]

That is called Greer county and Texas wanted it a lot

[@Integ82]

This video, combined with the music, is very eerie to watch. All those lines appearing and changing, so much struggle taking place.

[@thattubechannel]

Having county changes is insane effort. Good job

[@eaglesfan48]

But Hawaii & Alaska :(

[@aleksanderthorstensen]

"Contiguous" United States. It doesn't show Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, etc. either.

[@hudsonbay9367]

+Aleksander Thorstensen Alaska and Hawaii are states not territories

[@aleksanderthorstensen]

LittleGeneralX I know... But they aren't part of the contiguous United States...

[@hudsonbay9367]

tru

[@ed_cmntonly]

Look at the description IDIOT

[@Mr.Feckless]

oooooh Alaska and Hawaii are gonna be pissed.

[@TrafficPartyHatTest]

Dylan Hannon did you read the discripsion or not

[@Crypticz8]

Hawaii isn’t apart of the us Japan owns it

[@danhobson24]

Zepheria 11 Hawaii is part of the United States it just is separate

[@josephmartinez3109]

Zepheria 11 it is the USA

[@cheezmander2557]

I know they should have included them too and Puorto Rico,Guam,The Philippine Islands,etc.

[@raltor40]

If you look closely you can see the Toledo war.

[@loganjewell9954]

Around 1895 or something

[@strongeststrike6737]

Logan Jewell It’s 1835

[@smashbros6480]

Toledo strip

[@FranticErrors]

1:22

[@roatanweather]

+Mark Manville That chunk was part of a dispute between Texas and Indian Territory as to which fork of the Red River decided the state boundary. In 1894 the Supreme Court decided it was the main fork, not the salt fork as Texas had claimed.

[@progamerx-pgx5637]

This is the best thing ever it even shows the countys in the states!

[@ethan3986]

This deserves more views

[@BolterTUBE]

what goes on in Colorado in 2:08

[@weswhitenack1431]

+Bolter21 Denver annexing land because the city of Denver is also it's own county.

[@VoltageTHD]

John Denver flying planes.

[@DiamondCavern]

County's having a conversation

[@itzpro5951]

Denver took some land away from Adams county because Denver was building a cool new airport that they named after themselves,problem is that Denver built that airport in Adams county which means that Adams is has control over that airport which really did piss off Denver so they simply... Took land away from Adams

[@Monkey-l8s]

Bolter21Mapping exploded

[@MikeBaker]

Excellent job, informational and style-wise. Nice how the music fits, too...

[@cwx93]

This is really incredible. I've been looking for something like this besides a regular gif. Great work. :)

[@Chance_Rice]

How's life 11 years in the future?

[@BalkanBallMapping69]

Theres so much going on, you can't unserstand anything thats going on AND I LOVE IT!!!

[@earthc]

I think you forgot Alaska, Hawaii and the CSA.

[@mctape]

+Anaml Maps I think you forgot to read the video description.

[@Rohrpost]

+mctape This is a sanitized and politically correct way of depicting the historical space of the US. It's a clever way to say: we never had any colonies, never had any protectorates, never occupied any foreign lands. This is the sort of political propaganda that is accepted today: The video excluded just these territories, for reasons of lack of place. Panama fell from Heaven, didn't it ?

[@mctape]

+Rohrpost you must be a lot of fun at parties.

[@Rohrpost]

+mctape We love to invite people at parties who show their brightness through their remarks.

[@benthebenevolent1001]

+Rohrpost If that's the case, the propaganda effort didn't work. You'll notice how some make comments like "this must be like watching a virus spread, to the natives," and "so how many natives got displaced or killed here anyway?"

[@389383]

To Native Americans this must be like watching a virus spread!

[@rohannock]

+Will Law ha ha ha excellent !

[@logancamp1]

+Will Law To idiots like you the land was purchased from other nations......Started out with the land that makes up the United States today. The land was ENTIRELY under control some nation. Their was NOT one piece of land that was NOT under the authority of a country. It started out in the seven years war. France and britian dispute territory west of the colonies. Britian wins the war and gains the territory they disputed with france. Revolutionary War breaks out. United States wins and gains independence and signs the treaty of paris and britian forfeits the land they had gained from france during the seven years war. So more land is now under authority/control by the United States. France sells louisiana to the United States. More land is under control/authority of the United States. Spain sells Florida to the United States. Mexico and the United States start disputing land around 1836 which would lead to the statehood of Texas. Mexican-American war breaks out over the border of Texas. American troops occupy California and Mexico gives up California to the United States. Finally in 1848 all land that currently houses the main 48 states in the mainland is now under the authority of the United States. It is their land NOW. They can choose to do whatever they want with the land they received. Lets see the land they received was either forfeited to them, sold to them, or given to them because of their victory in a war. It is just NOT the U.S.'S fault as to what happened to the native americans. You can blame the spanish empire for having land here where native americans lived. You can blame France for having land here where native americans lived. You can blame the U.K. for having land here where native americans lived. You can blame the U.K. for wanting to put colonies here in the first place where native americans lived. You can blame the british parliament for not letting the colonies have representation in parliament. You can blame King George the third for his stupid ass taxes for a seven years war that he started with france. You can blame france for allying with us in the revolutionary war. You can blame the british army for not being good enough to hold us back and defeat us in the revolutionary war. NO MATTER how you look it. It's just NOT the U.S.'s fault

[@389383]

+ClosingEclipse Thank you, but I stand by my comment. Your diatribe has not negated it.

[@logancamp1]

The United States recieved that land. They could have done whatever they want with the land they own as did the previous owners of it.

[@389383]

+ClosingEclipse I am not arguing history or the right or wrong of what happened to the land now called the USA. Look at the video again and tell me that a Native American would disagree with my comment.

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

US population in 1760 is about 1,593,625 people. US population in 1870 is about 38,558,371 people. US population in 2020 is about 332,693,000 people. Those numbers just tells how fast the US is growing partly due to immigrations and abundance of agricultural lands. The United States from 1760 to 2020 is like a 20,776.5% increase overall. Compare it to UK from 1600 to 2020 is a 960.7% increase in population. Compare it to Russia from 1600 to 2020 is just a 942.4% increase in population. Compare it to China from 1600 to 2020 would be a 913.4% increase in population. It’s really nice to see the past data and how they stand out.

[@SoldiesBC]

Wait the USA had over 1 mil people that quick?

[@dylangtech]

I like how even during the Civil War, state governments were still founding new counties

[@_example]

This video is like a work of art

[@joaobatistakalteamkltrrtea8825]

Colorado in 1950-1975: AAAAAAAAAAAAA Wyoming: woah calm down colorado your counties are fine

[@bradrtorgersen_videos]

I'd be curious to know what the piece of music was for this animation. Very apropos, and pleasant.

[@UltraWorlds]

I know I'm two years late but it's Pitx - Black Rainbow

[@bradrtorgersen_videos]

@@UltraWorlds, excellent! Thank you for responding! Perfect. Appreciate it very much.

[@luisalmeida1391]

Really impressive, great work!

[@awedelen1]

The changes are interesting and the music is excellent.

[@PirateFunk]

beautiful work

[@Distress.]

It's too bad this channel hasn't kept uploading. :(

[@engreem9281]

This video, and channel deserves alot more attention

[@JacksonHess-jc4il]

Very good but I saw some inaccuracies in the map

[@MDCnonamecollective]

Amazing! Is there an interactive version of this map, where I could zoom in on say, the Old Northwest, and play it year by year?

[@pardox28]

I'm curious, when you added the western part of the colony of Virginia, you had the borders follow the current borders of Kentucky and West Virginia. If I'm not mistaken, the border between Kentucky and Tennessee was in dispute for awhile as surveyors kept making mistakes. That's why the border doesn't accurately follow the parallel of latitude of 36 degrees and 30 minutes north, which was the border of Virginia and North Carolina colonies.

[@tonimarie100]

Jon Forsythe smarty pants!! 🖐🏻High Fives🤚🏻

[@mjbailey491]

Whats going on in colorado? on county flashing constantly

[@tombombadilofficial]

Denver is also its own county, so it is literally Denver annexing small bits of land from surrounding counties.

[@itzpro5951]

Denver was getting bigger so they needed to take some land away from surrounding counties,eventally they build a new airport and name it after themselves,thing though is that its in Adams county so Denver takes a big chunk of Adams land

[@karanveersingh6367]

Beautiful music.

[@harveygirlsforeveryesbubbl1339]

1629:colony Era starts 1777:colony Era ends 1784:first states form 1792:first states get parshullzed 1797:Tennessee becomes a state 1802:Georgia is free

[@smashbros6480]

The rest?

[@ElriqueR]

Did you just edit this

[@that_pac123]

amazing the effort and time spent radiates off if it and into my brain :)

[@dragonite5337]

Amazing detail editing video dude like for more this video type

[@ForNostalgicPurposes]

How was this made, what program/software?

[@emmafrank4750]

question! Why didn't you include Jamestown?

[@MarcTelang]

They were technically not colonies as they were owned by the Virginia company and not the crown

[@ilwmf2012]

Nice video, beautiful audio

[@urgeeked3977]

Hey EarthDirect can you show the part 2 of Alaska and Hawaii

[@smashbros6480]

Do you know what happened to the user or the channel?

[@urgeeked3977]

@@smashbros6480 I have no idea but damn I forgot I commented on this years back before he disappeared lol

[@douglasnewman2299]

Fascinating perspective - cool music too.

[@sandrakleinman7215]

this is the best map ever

[@macart5429]

My county(Flagler County) in Florida pops up 1:56 and its interesting the resl shape of St Johns County before 1917

[@leanderaustin269]

i should not ask How did youmake this?

[@BlueBeanieJustin]

Lel KZbin recommended me this 11 year old video and I don’t regret watching it

[@jayhoward8040]

Where did you get all the data for this?

[@SLKRR]

+Jay Howard I think the data has been downloaded from here: publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ - ATLAS OF HISTORICAL COUNTY BOUNDARIES

[@jayhoward8040]

+Simeon Kohlman Rabbani Thanks for your reply. I'm a GIS student and I'm also curious to which software you used to create this project

[@captainpalegg2860]

what about that chunk of land in maine/new brunswick that kept popping in and out of the map in the 17th century?

[@rubikscuber9277]

Disputed

[@pahtar7189]

Very cool video!

[@inkyscrolls5193]

Now do the British Isles from the Romans onwards. Oh, don't be shy - it's just 2,000 years of history! England is only a mere 1,500 years old, so you could just focus on that if you want something a little easier.

[@thedoublessymbol]

To hard, try Japan instead

[@smashbros6480]

Does anyone know what happened to the user or the channel

[@SCL6054Prouctions]

It is very interesting to see how big the counties out west are compiared to the ones in the east

[@VietnameseBoii]

just got recommended this

[@StickArenaNow]

Great video! Very interesting

[@luxy2854]

very detailed but you're missing alaska+hawaii, and the other us overseas territories

[@dev5963]

Jamestown (Virginia) was before the Plymouth Bay colony in MA.

[@gedgar]

This is so amazing i keep watching it over and ovee

[@Wepaaaaaa]

It took americans 250 years to fill up a grid

[@smashbros6480]

How did you get all this info to form the counties in each state in one country, how is this not boring for you to make

[@smashbros6480]

Good vid though but, how did you get all this info

[@scottcox9108]

Texas stretches through the most mountainous terrain in colorado up to wyoming, avoiding all the easier passages, it its early days. The world is a crazy place now that money is ungrounded in anything other than the momentum in the thought that it is actually worth anything

[@YogoYoshi2936]

IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR A LONG TIME AND I FOUND IT!

[@cfgauss71]

By 1913, she is fully formed, minus Alaska and Hawaii. What a beautiful country.

[@tylerphillips503]

I noticed Viriginia has some change happening almost every year. Any particular reason?

[@AdhamOhm]

2:05 What's with the county border activity that occurs in Colorado between the 1940s and 1970s? Did those counties keep getting redrawn that often in 30 years?

[@d_c-fq7fb]

Adam Ohm that's Denver annexing land from other counties

[@motelgrim]

The music sounds like something you'd hear on Deadwood.

[@smashbros6480]

On what platform

[@Emdee5632]

I'm a European, I can't help notice that some of the counties in the mountain states are larger than a couple of the smallest European countries … lol

[@fizzyobottle4665]

very interesting, but i wish Alaska, and Hawaii were shown too

[@wolliveryoutube]

Yeah, I'd also like to see some of the other territories and protectorates over time, like the Philippines, Liberia, Panama and the Canal, Nicaragua, Cuba, etc.

[@fizzyobottle4665]

yeah that too.

[@fizzyobottle4665]

Was Liberia claimed by US tho?

[@superawes0meguy151]

Well, Hawaii doesn't have counties.

[@oblivionguard2286]

FizzYoBottle It was a colony, but gained independence after a few decades of being a colony I think

[@setfiretothecommunistscomm4202]

Wow I never realized how big my county is to all the other ones

[@foodisgoodyesiam1]

What's your county?

[@goodlinbri]

Thank you so much for this song!

[@colinmerritt7645]

Forgot a few small things like the Civil War, Alaska and Hawaii.

[@RandomVidsforthought]

The description says that the video would only cover the lower 48 so they didn't intend to add them

[@garyrobbins9197]

This is absolutely incredible. Would it be possible to slow it down. I will pick out a state and watch it develop but can't really keep up. How slowing it to a 10 minute clip instead of only two and a half minutes. There is nothing as great as this on You Tube today. I have another request, which would be to show how Congressional Districts were created. For example, in about 1880, California had only four seats in the House of Representatives, one for only the County of San Francisco, one going from Oakland to Lake Tahoe, one north of that Oakland, and one district for all of California south of SFO airport!

[@dcoulter2685]

Pause at 1:28. DESSERET

[@theorangeoof926]

I have a challenge for ya. Find the smallest county in 2000

[@williamdavidfrancavilla7388]

Where is Jamestown in 1607? That was thirteen years before Plymouth.

[@RandomVidsforthought]

That was the first settlement not the first colony

[@jamesthewineguy]

Very cool!

[@ascatraz]

I wonder, what's that constant blinking in Colorado at around 2:05? That lasts until, like, the 1970s

[@mudkip201]

Hello Denver.

[@ashtonlovell4924]

Jack H Denver annexing land, Denver is also it's own county.

[@germanyberlin7576]

1:37 When I As Germany Was Born On October 3, 1871

[@jesusmariarolon9171]

2:05 Colorado.exe is stopped working

[@Joshsuevic]

Anyone have a clue what is happening in Colorado between 1950 and 1975

[@superevilnine9]

thanks!

[@2028end]

"And I beheld another beast (nation) coming up out of the earth (sparse population); and he had two horns (two party political system) like a lamb (Christian nation), and he spake as a dragon." (Revelation 13:11)

[@TheMaster4534]

Uh.... this is not a missionary area.

[@daltonmiller5590]

Yeah OK buddy lol

[@therealsandwichman]

What is the name of this song used?

[@aquajaguars23]

You should have clarified that Louisiana has parishes, not counties. Great video, though!

[@gjmguy7994]

“Im perfect just the way I am” - New Hampshire, probably

[@fadadapple]

I'm not the only one who thinks the outline of the country almost looks like an Elephant

[@honantong]

with evolving technology, we will claim Mars just one step instead of fraction by fraction.

[@Scripture-Man]

Fascinating, thank you for making this! :) So basically they only finished dividing America into states about 100 years ago, and 150 years ago there wasn't even a California!? That's pretty shocking, and pretty rapid progress to say that American has become the most successful nation in modern history.

[@kaszan82]

What do flashing frames mean?

[@ashtonlovell4924]

Kuba K. counties annexing or losing land

[@smashbros6480]

This song reminds me of my brother

[@xiaopanye8722]

#Help! What was Oregon in 1804 when it was added to this map? Oregon didn't become part of the US until 1846, so I was wondering what the category "other" means here.

[@ClaytonThomas]

It was the Oregon Territory, which included Idaho and Washington. Oregon got statehood in 1859.

[@spiderhater420]

Why it says territories and it doesn’t include the territories from today

[@samb770]

where did you get the data for this?

[@PhantomEagle..]

Alaska and Hawaii: Am I a joke to you?!

[@mshara1]

Do we include the Empire? eg. Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Iraq ?

[@blackopsguy1023]

Iraq is not part of the US "empire" at all. There are 10,000 troops there, protecting Baghdad from falling apart politically or from ISIL seizing the capital of the country. The US doesn't care about Iraq at all. The Philippines was given up because the US didn't care about it, as it was just free land given to it by Spain after they were beaten. That's why the Philippines were given independence. Puerto Ricans consider themselves American, it's just as American as other areas, it's just not a state.

[@MewxPro]

>empire Boi I wish we were an empire.