Geography trivia question

[rhu]

In staring at lots of maps of the United States recently, variously colored red and blue, I noticed:

Excepting Hawaii, whose borders are completely natural, I think there's only one state whose borders do not include at least one segment which runs either due north-south or due east-west.

Which one?

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

DC?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

The District is not a state.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Marvel? :-)

[introverte.livejournal.com]

OH! He gave you the straight line, and ya took it.

[gingicat]

Maine?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Eastern border with New Brunswick runs true N-S.

[crs.livejournal.com]

NJ? hmm...

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Yes. Its eastern, western, and southern borders are bodies of water, and its northern is a straight line connecting the Hudson at 41 degrees North with the Delaware at 41 degrees 40 minutes North. So it's still an arbitrary straight line, but it's not true N-S or E-W.

[thedan.livejournal.com]

Sweet! I guessed right. :)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

South Carolina

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

I had thought that, too, but there's a segment of its northern border that is roughly 34.8 degrees North and seems to be due E-W --- although zooming in on it, there may be a slight angle there; it's hard to tell with the projection I've got available.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

That was our first guess too, though.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I got it wrong: I was going to guess that it's the same state that has the lowest highest point, but then I read the comments and saw that crs already got it right.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

Florida?

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Nope...

[introverte.livejournal.com]

Damn you Google!

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're a Moxy Fruvous fan too?

Now I gotta go find that album...

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Hee! :D

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's the state with the highest population density.