The Digital Philatelist

North Dakota is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory.. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its…

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It was established as a royal colony in 1729 and is one of the original Thirteen Colonies. North Carolina is named in honor of King Charles I of England who first formed the English colony, Carolus being…

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the United States. In January 1776, it became the first of the British North American colonies to establish a government independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain’s authority; it was the first to establish its own state constitution. Six…

Nevada is a state in the Western region of the United States. Nevada is officially known as the “Silver State” because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the “Battle Born State” because it achieved statehood during the American Civil War (the…

  Montana is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. The name Montana comes from the Spanish word montaña, which in turn comes from the Latin word montanea, meaning “mountain” or more broadly “mountainous country”. Various indigenous peoples lived in the territory of the present-day state of…

Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States. For thousands of years after the glaciers retreated during the last Ice Age, indigenous peoples were the only inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine. At the time of European arrival, several Algonquian-speaking peoples inhabited the…