US State Flags
The United states of America have 50 states in its amalgamation, each of the different state have its own separate official state flag. Each of the United States of America’s state flag show signs of a broad assortment of area authority and histories of the local territories over and above broadly diverse styles and principles of design. Since 1890s the adoption of flags for the each state of the United States of America was started when most of the states felt that they need a unique symbol for there state. This demand was proclaimed in Chicago at the occasion of “Columbian exposition of the world” on 1893. A large number of states flag adoption and design was declared publicly and officially in the era of 1893 to World War 1. A survey was held by the vexillological union in North America in 2001. It was stated in that survey that design of the New Mexico flag of the United States of America’s state is the most favorite and best design as compare to the other flag of US states, territories of US or any province of Canada. While according to the same survey the results was not favorable for the flag of Georgia, because the Georgia flag design of 2001 to 2003 was considered as the most awful design as compare to the all other states flags.
The names of the different states of the United States of America and their flag adoption according to the legislature are given below:
The state flags that adopted in the era of 1816 to 1897 on there official dates were:
- 1816 Hawaii State Flag.
- 1839 Texas Flag.
- 1855 America North Carolina Flag.
- 1861 South Carolina Flag.
- 1861Virginia Flag.
- 1894 Mississippi Flag.
- 1895 Alabama State Flag.
- 1896 New Jersey Flag.
- 1897 Connecticut State Flag.
- 1897 Rhode Island Flag.
The flags of states that approved in the 1900 to 1910 era and there official dates were:
- 1900 Florida Flag.
- 1901 New York Flag.
- 1902 Ohio Flag.
- 1904 Maryland Flag
- 1905 Tennessee Flag.
- 1907 Pennsylvania Flag.
- 1909 Maine Flag.
The states flag embraced in the era of 1911 to 1920 and there official dates were:
- 1911 California Flag.
- 1911 Colorado Flag.
- 1911 Michigan Flag.
- 1913 Arkansas Flag.
- 1913 Delaware Flag
- 1913 Missouri Flag.
- 1913 Utah Flag.
- 1917 Arizona Flag.
- 1917 Indiana Flag.
- 1917 Wyoming Flag.
- 1920 New Mexico Flag.
The state flags that adopted in the era of 1921 to 1940 on there official dates were:
- 1921 Iowa Flag.
- 1923 Vermont Flag.
- 1923 Washington Flag.
- 1925 Oregon Flag.
- 1927 Alaska Flag.
- 1928 Kentucky Flag.
- 1929 West Virginia Flag.
- 1931 New Hampshire Flag.
The flags of states that approved in the 1941 to 1980 era and there official dates were:
- 1943 North Dakota flag.
- 1957 Idaho flag.
- 1961 Kansas flag.
- 1963 Nebraska flag.
- 1969 Illinois flag.
- 1971 Massachusetts flag.
- 1979 Wisconsin flag.
At last the flags of states that were adopted recently in the 1981 to 2006 era were:
- 1981 Montana Flag.
- 1983 Minnesota Flag.
- 1991 Nevada Flag.
- 1992 South Dakota Flag.
- 2003 Georgia Flag.
- 2006 Louisiana Flag.
- 2006 Oklahoma Flag.
These are all the official adoption dates of the state flags.