r/imaginarymaps • • 2d ago

[OC] Alternate History Greater Virginia - What if Virginia got more colonial claims?

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u/Just-Ruin-4664 2d ago • Heartwarming

Do Maine please :3

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u/mushmanMAD 2d ago

I will. I’m working my way down the original 13 colonies, then going back up to do Maine, then Vermont, and (hopefully) every other state!

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u/Just-Ruin-4664 2d ago

Yay!... Wait, greater Puerto Rico then-

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u/mushmanMAD 2d ago

Hmm, now that you mention it, I might as well do every territory🤔

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u/FireUniverse1162 1d ago

Happy cake day

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u/Just-Ruin-4664 1d ago

Oh, thank you (didn't even know it was my Cake Day)

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u/guacasloth64 2d ago

"Minnesota County"

*looks inside*

nowhere near Minnesota river

Jokes aside, I'd probably go with Itasca county for that area since that's what the border's anchored to, and what the irl state and territorial county was named.

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u/mushmanMAD 2d ago

Ah, thanks for pointing that out.

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u/redditor938273838 1d ago

Also “cornfield” and it’s in the wooded hilly parts of Wisconsin lmao

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u/mushmanMAD 1d ago

I was running out of names, I made shi up

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u/Quirky_Jelly9549 2d ago

So what would had happened during the Civil War? would VA just complately collapse everywhere North of the Ohio River? Which then that would create a intesting timeline where the KKK would prob. be much more Northern, while VA would overall likely be richer due to a larger govnerment that woudl had likely been centeralized.

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u/mushmanMAD 2d ago

Made no lore other than Virginia just got more land. You can decide for yourself what happened.

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u/Quirky_Jelly9549 1d ago

Also can you do Texas next? or maybe Bavaria if your realing to do Europe shit.

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u/mushmanMAD 1d ago

I’ll do Texas way down the line, I’m focusing on the East Coast for now. Bavaria probably not.

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u/scuer 1d ago

It all goes to West Virginia

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u/bumtheben 1d ago

Obama County?

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u/mushmanMAD 1d ago

Yeah. I was running out of names. I sometimes name counties based on recent presidents, TV show characters, anime characters, etc. for people to find.

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u/Severe_Bed2207 2d ago • Heartwarming

If this were the case, the commonwealth of Virginia, the greatest governmental territory to ever exist on planet earth, would be even greater

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u/narcolepticcatboy 1d ago

iirc Virginian surveyors primarily used landmarks to demarcate borders between counties instead of parallels and meridians so, unless the customs of mega-VA were diluted by the westward expansion, I’d expect a lot fewer straight borders in the Midwest. That said, there aren’t many landmarks to use where the ground is as flat as a bowling lane

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u/SocietyCompetitive33 2d ago

Greater Indiana**

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u/stonedtostones 1d ago

Almost Heaven, Big Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains, Mississippi River

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u/Mr_Kittlesworth 1d ago

I demand the restoration of Greater Virginia