North America in 1861
1861 is the year the American Civil War began. This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.
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States and peoples in North America in 1861
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- United States of America
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- Confederate States of America
- British Colonial Empire
- Venezuela
- Granadine Confederation
- Spanish Empire
- Honduras
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Guatemala
- Greenland
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Empire of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- Second French Empire
- Netherlands Antilles
New on the map since 1836
Confederate States of America · Granadine Confederation · Honduras · Republic of Nicaragua · Guatemala · Republic of Costa Rica · Republic of El Salvador · Second French Empire
Gone from the map by 1886
Russian Empire · Federated Republic of Mexico · Confederate States of America · Granadine Confederation · Spanish Empire · Second French Empire
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North America in other years
Other regions in 1861
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.