Talk:Border irregularities of the United States

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This page was marked for deletion because it was alleged to be "not fact-based." I have cleared up what "irregularies" would refer to (primarily exclaves and panhandles). In addition, it was argued that such a list is not noteworthy. As all the geographic irregularities have their own pages (none of which I authored), this perceived non-noteworthiness seems incorrect. I believe that the calls to improve the page were well-founded and have led to an improved source. Oygovalt 02:33, 15 December 2006 (UTC)oygovalt

PS: If someone feels like the name could be changed to US border irregularities, feel free. This newbie doesn't know how to do that. Oygovalt 02:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)oygovalt

Name
I think it would be more clear if this article were named "Border irregularities of U.S. states" or something to that point. Currently the name suggests irregularities in the national borders. Awg1010 (talk) 18:49, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: /* Geographic irregularities */ changed wording of Fort Pillow
I changed the original wording under the Geographic Irregularities sect. for the Fort Pillow item from it being worded "Arkansas has territory at 35°39′N 89°52′W﻿ / ﻿35.65°N 89.87°W across the Mississippi River on the northwest edge of Tennessee's Fort Pillow State Park, north of the Corona/Reverie, Tennessee irregularity below." to the following "Arkansas has territory at 35°39′N 89°52′W﻿ / ﻿35.65°N 89.87°W across the Mississippi River on the northwest edge of Tennessee's Fort Pillow State Park, north of the Corona/Reverie, Tennessee irregularity (mentioned in the previous section)."

My reason is this: When I first read the item, I took the word "below" to refer to the fact that TN's Fort Pillow State Park is below the Arkansas territory shown in terms of being down river, as in stating New Orleans is below St Louis on the Mississippi River. But when I re-read the item, I read it as meaning that the Corona/Reverie irregularity was mentioned below, when it was mentioned above this item. I thought the best rewording was to remove the word "below" and clarify the Corona/Reverie, Tennessee irregularity was mentioned in the previous section to make sure it was clear. WayneyP (talk) 21:20, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Highway System Irregularities
Given the other listings, I would have to argue that Interstate 205 qualifies for listing here. Its numbering starts at its southern terminus at I-5 south of Portland, Oregon, but the Oregon numbering continues when it crosses the Columbia River into Washington until it rejoins I-5 north of Vancouver, WA. Timrprobocom (talk) 06:30, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

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International - Canada - Hyder
It says that Hyder is only accessible by road, but if you look through Google Earth you will see it has a seaplane base. Also, the Wikipedia page on Hyder mentions this seaplane access as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.29.97.151 (talk) 19:51, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Rio Grande Pene-Enclaves
This section has no source, and I don't see anything by Googling it. Can we find where this came from?


 * Sources on the general topic of the Rio Grande bancos can be found in the list below. For the specific citation for "From 1989 to 2009, there were 128 locations where the river changed course", if it's not contained in the reference list below, I might have it in my files.Jeff in CA (talk) 00:34, 6 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Banco Convention of 1905


 * Territorial evolution of the United States


 * Boundary Treaty of 1970


 * I changed "pene-enclave" to "banco" and piped a link to Banco_Convention_of_1905 -- BCorr &#124; Брайен 15:54, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Remove highway irregularities
What makes "Highways US-2 and US-141 run in the state of Wisconsin and Michigan twice nonconsecutively." a border irregularity? What makes "Highway US 395 crosses from California into Nevada at Topaz Lake and 85 miles (137 km) later re-enters California." a border irregularly? How is "A straight section of Texas State Highway 115 travels through four counties (Andrews, Martin, Gaines, and Dawson) in a distance of less than one mile (1.6 km)." a border irregularity? Moreover, so what? The fact that a highway crosses borders in a way someone has perceived to be unique is not an irregularity of the border. Highway exclaves likewise do not have to do with border irregularities. "New York State Route 171, near Utica, does not intersect any other state highways (it once did, with NY 5S, but a realignment of that route took it away from the one intersection that NY 171 had)." So what??? "Ohio State Route 357 and Ohio State Route 575 exist entirely on islands in Lake Erie, disconnected from the state highway network (or any other road on the Ohio mainland) without a fixed link." Again, what makes this a border irregularity, per the title here? "U.S. Route 72 starts in Tennessee (in Memphis), travels through Mississippi for 90 miles (140 km), travels through Alabama for 167 miles (269 km), and then re-enters Tennessee (and ends in Chattanooga)." Is there some rule that U.S. routes or interstates are disallowed from reentering states once they've left? Again, I ask so what? And again, what makes this a border irregularity?

Nothing in this entire section has parallels or relationship with the actual border irregularities and it should all be removed. This is unsourced trivia of questionable importance that does not belong in the same article as the International and States and territories sections that actually fall under the page's title. Reywas92Talk 20:08, 18 May 2022 (UTC)