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A state of the United States was a pre-War geographic territory with established borders within the United States.

Background

There were 50 states within the country before the war. The states were created as a result of thirteen British colonies declaring independence in 1776. The ensuing American Revolutionary War secured the split, and the group of states adopted a constitution, bringing the states into a single republic. In 1969, they were organized into commonwealths, an intermediate level of political organization between a state and the federal republic.

These distinctions are still mentioned in character dialogue, appear in reading materials, on posters, and are found throughout the wastelands on signs, placards, and monuments.

States that appear in games

The various wastelands featured in game usually fit within the geographical area of pre-War states, and sometimes the pre-War name is part of the name given to an area by the wastelanders living there.

• Fallout 1 takes place in California, though parts of Nevada are explorable.
• Fallout 2 takes place in California, Oregon, and Nevada.
• Fallout 3 takes place in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. Its add-ons The Pitt, Point Lookout, and Operation: Anchorage take place in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and a simulation of Alaska, respectively.
• Fallout: New Vegas takes place in Nevada, California, and Arizona. Its add-ons Lonesome Road and Honest Hearts take place in California and Utah, respectively.
• Fallout 4 takes place in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and its add-on Far Harbor takes place on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
• Fallout 76 takes place in West Virginia and Virginia, its update Expeditions: The Pitt takes place in Pennsylvania, and its update Expeditions: Atlantic City is set in New Jersey.
• Fallout Tactics takes place in the former states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado.
• The Fallout TV series takes place around Los Angeles, California.
• Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel takes place in Carbon and Los in the former state of Texas.

Featured states

To distinguish between simple mentions and states that play a larger role in the franchise, the states are split into mentioned (a small number of mentions) and featured (with enough information to warrant separate articles). "Featured" states are:

• Alaska
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado^{FOT VB}
• Illinois^FOT
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Missouri^FOT
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Utah^VB
• Virginia
• Washington^FOX
• West Virginia

The superscript is intended to distinguish between states featured in the main continuity and those in games outside of it, such as Fallout Tactics (FOT) and the unreleased Van Buren (VB) and Fallout Extreme (FOX).

Mentioned states

Alaska

• A flag in the Museum of Technology was recovered from the wreck of the USS Ebon Atoll, sunk off the coast of Alaska in 2066.
• The Boston Bugle reported that American troops were fighting all the way from Anchorage, Alaska to Shantou, China.
• A supervisor at the converted munitions factory questions why they are stockpiling bullets in the factory instead of sending them to Alaska.
• Jon Elwood wrote to his colleague Wilfred Bergman that although he may have been the better hacker of the two during college, more advanced security measures had been developed while he was away fighting in Alaska.
• Liberty Prime states that its mission is the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska.
• Scribe Rothchild describes Liberty Prime as being designed to help liberate Alaska but was never completed.
• The Capitol Post reported on the annexation of Canada, mentioning the state of Alaska, and the state is labeled on the newspaper's maps.
• The boxcars seen in Operation: Anchorage are labeled "ALASKA" on one side and "Built by Alaska Shipping, Anchorage Alaska" on the opposite.
• The icon for the quest Operation: Anchorage shows a map labeled Alaska.
• Alaska is mentioned on the kiosks in the Museum of History as being in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait.
• Harold Callahan mentions in an incident report that tensions had been running high lately following incidents in Alaska.
• Constantine Chase is mentioned as the general that reclaimed Anchorage, Alaska in January 2077.
• A terminal at Garrahan Mining Headquarters mentions the deteriorating situation in Alaska.
• Moose are described as an "iconic Alaskan mammal."
• The Alaskan front is mentioned on the People's Republic of America Radio heard in the Capital Wasteland.
• The state is mentioned in the description of the U.S. Declaration of War on China on the Capitol Preservation Society terminal in Rivet City.
• The Hubris Comics summer 2077 schedule included Tales from the Front: Alaska Unbowed.

Arizona

• The Arizona Spillway is located on the eastern side of the Hoover Dam.
• Dale Barton can state that trading with the NCR is too expensive, so he usually sticks with doing business in Arizona and New Mexico.
• Caesar mentions that the Legion has expanded into several states, including all of Arizona.
• According to Caesar, Legate Lanius was a member of the Hidebarks tribe, located in the state.
• The eastern side of the Hoover Dam is depicted in blueprints found in Mojave locations controlled by the NCR and Legion.
• Jed Masterson can state that despite being ruled by the Legion, Arizona is still safer than Utah.
• Raul Tejada can tell the Courier that after the Great War, Arizona was largely fragmented, with each town fighting their neighbors just to survive, and the region so heavily infested with raiders, trade between towns was virtually impossible; the Legion's rise to power served to significantly decrease the violence with either scaring or killing off all the raiders.
• If the Enclave remnants were told to support the Legion in the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, Caesar died, and the Legion defeated the NCR, it's stated that the Remnants were pursued by legionnaires into Arizona, "losing hundreds of legionaries in the process and gaining nothing in return."
• The Legion's defunct howitzer positioned at Fortification Hill was acquired by Dale Barton, who salvaged it from Yuma, Arizona.
• Raul Tejada at one point moved to the city of Two-Sun (though he insists that it be known as Tucson), located in Arizona.
• The Legion crucified members of the Twisted Hairs along Interstate 40 in Arizona after betraying them at Dry Wells.
• Karl can tell the Courier that veteran legionnaires are being drawn to the Mojave from Arizona at Caesar's command to ensure victory against the NCR.
• Arcade Gannon can mention Arizona when describing those impacted by Caesar's Legion.
• Hanlon can mentions the Desert Rangers fighting Caesar's Legion to the east in Arizona before the Unification Treaty.
• If Caesar dies or is killed prior to the Courier visiting Zion Canyon, Joshua Graham can mention traveling into Arizona as part of his missionary work as well as remarking on Caesar's death.

California

For the region of New California, see New California.

Seal of California

• AHS-9 mentions that the Enclave has hidden bases all over the former state of California.
• New California is a post-War region spanning beyond the former state of California.
• The Navarro computer mentions that the Enclave headquarters is off the coast of California.
• Daniel Bird writes the state name in his memo to self, adding his idea to change the spelling to "Kalifornia." He will also ask the Chosen One how they spell the state's name.
• A recreational location called the California Sunset Drive-in is located in the Mojave.
• A pre-War California roadsign is found near Nipton.
• The platinum chip was printed in Sunnyvale, California on October 22, 2077.
• The California gold rush is mentioned as an event that began in 1848.
• The Chosen One can fight their way to become the heavyweight champion of Northern California.
• Alice McLafferty tells the Courier about the wealthy Jamison family from Redding, California, that invests heavily in the Crimson Caravan Company.
• Veronica shares her origins as California, having followed Elijah in order to research the Hoover Dam.
• The marked scout armor has a California license plate on the back.
• Sierra Petrovita remarks that a nut collector may live in either California or Nevada.
• Jas Wilkins mentions being born and raised in California.
• The Switchboard reported three unidentified submerged objects off the coast of California on the day of the Great War.
• After the Sole Survivor delivers Nuka-Cola Wild to the patrons of Doc Phosphate's Saloon, Phosphate will ask if they offered any tall tales as compensation. The Sole Survivor can respond that all three told them about the California Gold Rush.
• If the Courier facilitates his safe escape from the Camp Guardian caves, Private Halford remarks that he will be heading back to California to avoid further risk to his life due to NCR incompetence.
• The Mariposa Military Base is built in central California to conduct Forced Evolutionary Virus research.
• The gamblers inside the Ultra-Luxe will tell the Courier that they heard the bath house uses sea salts imported from California.
• Lanius remarks that someday the Legion may conquer "the land known as California."
• President Kimball's itinerary for his visit to the Hoover Dam describes his arrival by vertibird from California.
• Kimball mentions California several times in his Hoover Dam speech.
• Gloria Van Graff mentions the majority of her family's business operations are in California.
• Ringo's caravan was attacked on the way back to New Vegas from California. He mentions that the Crimson Caravan Company is the largest trading outfit in California.
• California highway patrol cars are found throughout the Mojave region.
• The Vault City travel log mentions the state.
• Papa Khan mentions that the glory of the Great Khans will be restored once the NCR is pushed back to California.
• Scribe Valdez mentions a broken transmitter that was needed to contact California.
• Lily Bowen mentions that she was taken from Vault 17 and put to work in an army that was going to conquer California.
• California is mentioned in one of Craig Boone's ending slides, stating that he journeyed back to the state in search of the NCR officer who had led the attack on Bitter Springs.
• Henry Casdin comments on the Brotherhood of Steel on the western coast of the country, around California.
• When speaking with Owyn Lyons in the Citadel, he will mention that the Brotherhood has encountered the Enclave in the past, over 30 years ago in California.

Colorado

• Caesar mentions that the Legion has expanded into several states, including much of Colorado.
• Rex served with the police service in Colorado.
• Ulysses mentions the state when describing Legate Lanius, in that he "put Colorado to the sword."

Connecticut

• Connecticut Avenue is a roadway in Washington, D.C.
• Lance Ames reported being in the state when the bombs went off.
• Gilbert Hopson traveled to Appalachia from his home in Monroe, Connecticut.
• The city of Hartford, Connecticut is mentioned. Nathan Broadhurst and Jim Walker traveled south from Boston and joined a survivor group in Hartford which was headed for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Florida

• Blue Ridge Caravan Company bartender Herschel Klein lies about a rumor that Paladin Rahmani was spotted in Florida performing a trapeze act.

Georgia

• A factory foreman mentions beginning their military career in Georgia.
• Jennie Brown compares Appalachia's humidity to that of what she experienced in Georgia.
• Baseball player Matt Murtagh's hometown was Atlanta, Georgia.
• A robot at the National Archives plays the part of Button Gwinnett of Georgia, the second signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Hawaii

• When Thomas Davis deployed, he wrote to his friends at the Beaver Creek Lanes bowling alley that he promised to send them pineapples from his sending-off point in Hawaii if they promised not to try and bowl with them.
• An individual repairing a PT-00D biplane wrote "Hawaii or bust" on a list of parts needed.
• Hawaii is mentioned on the kiosks in the Museum of History as being located in the mid-Pacific and having been annexed in the 19th century.

Idaho

• If the Great Khans are still allied with the Legion when the NCR wins, the remnants of the tribe are driven north into "the wilderness of Idaho" following the Second Battle of Hoover Dam.

Illinois

• While in Chicago, a young boy named Tommy, alongside his father and mother, helped repair ED-E using a pre-War Illinois license plate.
• Hannibal Hamlin states that Abraham Lincoln once "rule[d] the Linoy, a small tribe of free men[,]" in reference to Lincoln's political career in Illinois prior to his presidency.

Iowa

• In 2076, Dr. Constance Nichols chose to work on her project at the National Isolated Radio Array instead of heading back home to spend Thanksgiving with her parents in Iowa.
• Gumley at Rapidan Camp mentions that President Herbert Hoover was born in Iowa in 1874.

Kansas

• Vic's guard remarks to the Chosen One that they are not in Kansas.
• Elliot was stranded in West Virginia after the war, separated from his partner Spence who was located in Kansas.
• Giles Sweetwater contends that the world's Biggest Ball of Twine is located in Kansas, though he notes that there is some controversy over the subject.
• Ken mentions in a letter about going to Topeka, a city in Kansas.

Kentucky

• Hannibal Hamlin mentions that Abraham Lincoln was "born a Tucky Tearsman," in reference to Lincoln's birth in Kentucky.
• Sophie Wagoner mentions living on a commune in Kentucky as a child.
• Carver Timmerman mentions living in the state, or what used to be named Kentucky.
• John Henry Eden states in his radio broadcast that he grew up in rural Kentucky.
• Independent Arms Group was a weapons manufacturer headquartered in Liberty, Kentucky.
• Underworld residents may ask for a "Kentucky straight" from Greta, also remarking that she is too young to remember the state.

Louisiana

• Initiate Ellison was born in Louisiana, before moving with the rest of his family at a very young age to West Virginia.

Maine

• The Island, formerly known as Mount Desert Island within the state of Maine, is the primary setting of the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.
• Pearl shares information with the Sole Survivor about the items she owns, stating they have a rustic Maine feel.
• Research and development employees at Vim! Pop factory commented on their confusion regarding marketing's request that they make a soda that put the "taste of Maine" in a bottle.
• Kawaketak Station is located in Tremont; the state's name is seen on a campground banner.

Maryland

• The launch control terminal in Fort Constantine mentions the state.
• On May 3, 2062, an unidentified flying object crashed near Hagerstown, Maryland.
• Russell Dorsey mentions leaving Maryland, heading west, and meeting up with individuals from Foundation.
• John Henry Eden in one of his speeches on Enclave Radio states that each state used to have its own baseball team, and he asks listeners to imagine being able to do so again, with Washington D.C.'s Capital Congressmen playing against a team from Pennsylvania or Maryland.
• A presidential retreat was located at Camp David, Maryland.
• Thicket Excavations ordered materials from companies located in Rockville and Damascus, Maryland.
• The state is mentioned on holotags found in the Capital Wasteland.
• On the cover of Astoundingly Awesome Tales, Maryland is depicted on a license plate.
• Richard Maynard Watson had to be flown to Baltimore, Maryland for specialist care for caustic burns.
• Point Lookout is located in the state, considered haunted, and founded by those aboard two English settler ships that landed in 1634.
• Abraham Washington mentions the state when speaking with the Lone Wanderer about the history of the Declaration of Independence, saying that "Fort McHarry" was located in Maryland.
• Desmond Lockheart mentions Maryland when he tells the Lone Wanderer about the Calvert family and their history in Point Lookout, saying that the family had enough political influence that they owned half the state before the Great War.
• Chinese activity in Maryland led to an anonymous tip which aided in the capture of suspected operative Wan Yang.
• During their childhood, Beckett and his brother Frankie were attacked by rabid dogs while playing at a destroyed factory in the state.
• The abbreviation for the state is written on the "Join, or Die" poster in the Museum of Freedom.
• The Western Maryland Correctional Facility is mentioned as the origin of the Free Radicals.

Massachusetts

• "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts" was shortened to "the Commonwealth" after the Great War and serves as the primary setting for Fallout 4.
• Before the war, the utility company Mass Fusion provided power to all of Massachusetts.
• The Boston Bugle reported that the people of Massachusetts were displeased with the closing of the investigation against reputed crime boss Eddie Winter.
• The NH&M company derives its name from both the state of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
• School buses in the Commonwealth read "Massachusetts School District" on the side.
• The area southwest of Boston, known as the Glowing Sea, was ground zero for the high-yield nuclear blast that devastated most of the state.
• The Massachusetts Surgical Journal publication shares its name with the state.
• Lake Quannapowitt was monitored by the Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources.
• Robots at the National Archives play the parts of John Hancock and John Adams of Massachusetts.
• The Nuka-World theme park was built in Massachusetts, in a valley far enough west from the city of Boston to require an extensive monorail system and held its grand opening on May 1st, 2050. It serves as the setting for the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World.
• Bradberton, Massachusetts, was founded in 2060, built to house hundreds of employees working in the Nuka-World park.
• Massachusetts Avenue is a roadway in Washington, D.C.
• The Commonwealth Minutemen's goals were to defend the people of Massachusetts at a minute's notice.
• The Massachusetts Turnpike is a named freeway in Boston.
• The state is mentioned on Silver Shroud Radio.
• Museum of Freedom tour guide Megan Hayes mentions only having lived in the state for a month when the Great War occurred.
• Robert House attended the Commonwealth Institute of Technology in Massachusetts before founding RobCo Industries.
• The Jamaica Plain billboard seal has the state name on the bottom.
• Ruth Leavitt says that John-Caleb Bradberton was so influential that he owned half of Massachusetts.
• Con man Parker Quinn claims that the former state motto of Massachusetts was "Anything is possible."

Minnesota

• The fictional character Minnesota Fats, whose nickname is derived from the state's name, is mentioned as part of an advertisement for pool sets in Vault 21's gift shop.

Mississippi

• General Brock's terminal in Fort Strong mentions launchers being sent ahead to a supply yard in Mississippi.
• A terminal in the Parlor describes a pre-War fictional story where a girl from small-town Mississippi moves to the big city.

Missouri

• Missouri was home to several bases for the Unity remnants group led by Gammorin that fled east.^{[verification needed]}
• Post-war Kansas City was called Gravestone, and was a ghoul settlement that worshiped an undetonated nuke.^{[verification needed]}
• Before the Great War, Cooper Howard, Charles Whiteknife, and Johnny Morton were co-stars in a Western film, in which Johnny played a rancher who owned half of Missouri.

Montana

• The Lonesome Drifter mentions being from the direction of Montana where he'd lived with his mother, after his father abandoned them, until she passed away from hardship.
• The Courier (if male with the Lady Killer perk) has a dialogue option when talking to the Drifter that mentions having visited Montana and potentially gotten a woman pregnant approximately 17 years before 2281.

Nebraska

• Siggi Wilzig states that Vault 33's crop field uses a telescopic projector which loops images of the Nebraskan countryside.

Nevada

Seal of Nevada

• The Nevada state flag appears flying outside of Doc Mitchell's house in Goodsprings.
• The state seal appears on the sign for the Old Mormon Fort.
• A "Welcome to Nevada" state sign appears near Nipton.
• The Nevada Highway Patrol station is located on Interstate 15 and highway patrol cars with the state's name are found throughout the region.
• State routes bearing the state name include Nevada State Route 157, 159, 160, 161, 164, and 564.
• A location called the Southern Nevada wind farm is situated in the Mojave.
• The Nevada agave fruit shares its name with the state.
• Veronica shares the reason the Brotherhood of Steel is in the state, having followed Elijah in order to research the Hoover Dam.
• Aurelius of Phoenix provides paperwork regarding raiding plans for the southern part of the state.
• Tycho shares that he came from the former state of Nevada.
• The Gomorrah hotel newspaper mentions Las Vegas, Nevada in the headline.
• The Big Ranch Nevada State Lotto operated in the state, and lottery tickets bearing the name can be found in Nipton.
• Arcade Gannon says that his late father may not have imagined a life for his son that included serving as a doctor in the state.
• A Nevada license plate is found on the bumper sword.
• Sierra Petrovita remarks that a nut collector may live in the state.
• Nevada and the Nevada Spillway are labeled on Hoover Dam blueprints.
• Clayton Ettienne tells the Courier that he has lived in Nevada all his life, leaving New Reno, which is run by crime families.
• Joshua Graham shares that the storms of the Divide tore apart NCR companies before they even crossed into Nevada.
• Horace Applebaum, an employee at Zion General Store, received three crates of Dinky the T-Rex souvenir dolls that were shipped to him in error. He describes the intended destination as "some tourist trap in Nevada."
• Arcade Gannon comments that before the war, Nevada deserts were used for nuclear waste disposal.
• The Boulder City Memorial's inscription mentions Nevada.
• President Kimball mentions Nevada several times in his Hoover Dam speech.

New Hampshire

• The NH&M company derives its name from the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
• New Hampshire Avenue is a roadway in Washington, D.C.

New Jersey

• The "Garden State" license plate is seen in Big MT.
• The abbreviation for the state is written on the "Join, or Die" poster in the Museum of Freedom.
• Blue Ridge Caravan Company bartender Herschel Klein uses Hoboken, New Jersey, as a punchline to one of his jokes, saying that he does not know which is worse: the reality of the wasteland or waking up in Hoboken.
• Atlantic City, a city on the coast of New Jersey, appears in the Expeditions: Atlantic City update for Fallout 76.

New Mexico

• Caesar mentions that the Legion has expanded into several states, including all of New Mexico.
• Siri tells the Courier that she was originally from a small town in New Mexico, before the Legion burned it and enslaved her.
• Dale Barton explains that trading with the NCR is too expensive, so he usually sticks with doing business in Arizona and New Mexico.

New York

• Giuseppe Della Ripa mentions living in New York.
• Thicket Excavations ordered materials from a company located in Rochester, New York.
• Johnny Weston was caught breaking into the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which led to him being registered as a known felon.
• Oliver and Lily Gillespie, a couple who visited Mountainside Bed & Breakfast, came from New York, and described the clean air and the quiet of Appalachia as a "nice change of pace" from their home state.
• Francis Perry planned to lie about visiting his grandmother in New York to have an alibi for skipping town after embezzling from his place of employment.
• The state was the location of a confirmed nuclear strike the day of the Great War. Nathan Broadhurst and other survivors traveling south from Boston heard that New York was "worse off" than where they had came from.
• W. Julians was arrested and charged with inciting a riot by the Boston Police Department, and their arrest report lists a defaced jersey that read "WE BEAT NEW YORK!" as evidence against them.
• Suspected Chinese operative Wan Yang managed to escape custody while being taken to Albany, NY.
• The abbreviation for the state is written on the "Join, or Die" poster in the Museum of Freedom.
• The Civil War draft poster mentions the state of New York.

North Carolina

• In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer I performed its maiden flight for 12 seconds, covering a distance of 120 feet. This historic event marked the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight.
• Lee Rapid Pharmaceuticals was a company located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• The abbreviation for the state is written on the "Join, or Die" poster in the Museum of Freedom.

Ohio

• The Silver Bridge was built in 1928 as the first eye-bar suspension bridge in the U.S. It served the communities of Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio until December 15, 1967, when it collapsed.
• The raider punk alleges that the Vault 76 Vault Dwellers may be taken by aliens and dropped in Ohio or worse if a sacrifice is not provided to the aliens.
• The raiders the Crater War Party traded with passed through Ohio before arriving in Appalachia.
• Orvilletown, Ohio was the home of the L.S. Smuckman Company, which manufactured industrial size shortening.
• When asked about himself, Initiate Norland of the Brotherhood First Expeditionary Force mentions that he is from Ohio.
• In one of the sacred tomes, specifically Observations, vol. XXVII inside the Point Pleasant church, it mentions that the writer was in "Woods - Ohio?"

Oklahoma

• Vault-Tec built vaults in several locations including Oklahoma.
• Oklahoma's golden crop fields are referred to in an advertisement for the Chryslus Cherry Bomb.

Oregon

• General Victor Breckenridge, U.S. Army Quartermaster, was located at the command forward depot in Oregon.
• Dr. Morrison Rand was a Professor of Anthropological Archaeology at Banfield College, Humboldt, Oregon.
• Coos Bay, a coastal town that suffered from flooding post-War, was home to a chemist making jet. They abandoned the town, describing the situation as a "shitshow."
• Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, grew up in Oregon.

Pennsylvania

• The state was the location of a confirmed nuclear strike the day of the Great War.
• John Henry Eden in one of his speeches on Enclave Radio states that each state used to have its own baseball team, and he asks the listener to imagine being able to do so again, having Washington D.C.'s Capital Congressmen playing against a team from Pennsylvania or Maryland.
• A military operations center known as Raven Rock was located in the mountains of Pennsylvania.
• Thicket Excavations ordered materials from a company located in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.
• The inscriptions on the Liberty Bell mention the state.
• The Pitt was once Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the sign over the bridge is still legible, welcoming tourists to the "State of Independence" and encouraging them to "Visit PA."
• The PA. Steel Company USA operated before the War.
• The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was hit by nuclear weapons during the Great War. Two centuries later, Abraham Washington believed that the original Liberty Bell survived intact and funded efforts to enter the city, which he calls a "dump," in hopes of retrieving the bell for his Capitol Preservation Society.
• Those who settled at Foundation traveled to Appalachia from a variety of areas, including Pennsylvania.
• Aubrie Willem was a doctor in Pennsylvania before traveling to Appalachia.
• Yasmin Chowdhury was born in Philadelphia until she left for culinary school, dreaming of owning her own restaurant.
• The settler wanderer will ask for help finding items, and give instructions that mention the state, saying "the odds are super good, it's at this research facility. Or it's in Pennsylvania. But my caps are on here."
• Deacon asks if a tugboat that was seen crashed into a drawbridge had a license, and then comments that it must be from Pennsylvania.
• A robot at the National Archives plays the part of James Wilson of Pennsylvania, one of the first future Supreme Court Justices of the U.S.
• A National Guard unit from Pennsylvania was supported by the National Catastrophe Relief Auxiliary at the Germantown police HQ shortly after the War.
• Pennsylvania Avenue is a roadway in Washington, D.C.
• The abbreviation for the state is written on the "Join, or Die" poster in the Museum of Freedom.
• Holland Chase Concrete Company was located at 893 S. Prairie Ln. in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Nathan Broadhurst and Jim Walker, baseball players who survived the Great War in Boston, traveled south through Pennsylvania in order to reach family in West Virginia. Tracing their journey, Broadhurst says that they joined a group in Hartford heading to Pittsburgh, parted ways with them in Altoona, then traveled down through Bedford (where Jim Walker was killed) before leaving the state.

South Carolina

• MREs were manufactured in Mullins, South Carolina.
• A robot at the National Archives plays the part of Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence.
• The abbreviation for the state is written on the "Join, or Die" poster in the Museum of Freedom.

South Dakota

• Robert MacCready will mention a location in South Dakota while clearing the warehouses in Goodneighbor.

Tennessee

• A member of the Ladies Auxiliary mentions mugs that are in stock at a corner store, made in the state.
• Tennessee is mentioned in the Fallout 76 note Observations, vol. XXVII.

Texas

• A museum kiosk mentions that the Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States in the nineteenth century.
• John Cassidy wonders if the state survived the war.
• On the eve of the Great War, the Boston baseball team achieved a three-games-to-none lead over a team from Texas.
• Jesse White, the "Dancin' Bandit," planned to play a song called "Tornado's in Texas" at the Rusty Pick.
• Tex Rogers attempted to get back home to Texas following the war.
• Tycho mentions that the heritage of the Desert Rangers stretches back to the days of the Texas Rangers.
• The death car in the Vikki and Vance Casino still bears the bullet holes from when the small-time crooks Vikki and Vance accidentally wound up in the middle of a shootout between cops and robbers in Plano, Texas.
• The weapons manufacturer Red Raptor Firearms was located in Austin, Texas.

Utah

• Zion Canyon, the primary setting of the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts, is located in the pre-War state of Utah.
• Caesar mentions that the Legion has expanded into several states, including much of "the Utah."
• Vulpes Inculta's origins are from a tribe located south of Utah.
• Jed Masterson shares that Utah is very dangerous, more-so than any territory conquered by the Legion, and there are few places to stop and trade.
• A Utah license plate is found on trucks in Zion Canyon.

Virginia

• The Arlington Public Library's terminal advertises "Virginia Reads!"
• Jack Smith mentions that Virginia has been gone for over 200 years, but the great Commonwealth of Virginia lives on in Andale.
• Thicket Excavations ordered materials from a company located in Petersburg, Virginia.
• The RobCo Research Center in the Cranberry Bog region of Appalachia is located in Virginia, as indicated by administrator Lisa Fields in her communications in the facility.
• Lacey Drummond and Isela Mejia are from Virginia, with Lacey describing the state as "having more hot zones" compared to Appalachia.
• Joe Creigh hails from the coast of Virginia.
• Robots at the National Archives play the part of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, signers of the Declaration of Independence.
• Russell Dorsey met Greg while traveling on a Virginian road.
• The abbreviation for the state is written on the "Join, or Die" poster in the Museum of Freedom.
• Virginia is mentioned in the Fallout 76 note Observations, vol. XXVII.
• Camp Venture was originally the Appalachia regional facility of the "Endurance and Survival Training of the Virginias" program run by Edward Hayes.
• Lane Platte comes from the Appalachian town of Knight Ridge, which is located on the southern border of West Virginia with "old Virginia proper."
• Shenandoah National Park in the Skyline Valley region of Appalachia is located in Virginia.
• Virginia School District buses operated around Skyline Valley, and one can be found crashed into a tree near the South River Bridge.

Washington

• Rockwell Clearing House was a business located in Wallah Wallah, Washington.

West Virginia

Seal of West Virginia

• Edgar Blackburn writes in a log that he is returning to West Virginia.
• Russell Dorsey mentions the Brotherhood of Steel's plans to travel to the state.
• The seal of the state of West Virginia is seen on several signs, such as the Helvetia placard.
• The Department of the Interior West Virginia Park Service emblems are found after the war.
• Fire stations before the war utilized fire axes with the state name engraved on the top.
• On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed. The sign commemorating the event has a West Virginia state seal.
• The West Virginia Lottery Company game Lucky Hits! was the largest ever lottery game in the state.
• Junk mail was sent to an address in Charleston, West Virginia.
• Paul encouraged his friend Gary to apply for a job at the West Virginia lumberyard, noting better pay and no automation. The address to the location is listed as State Route 81A in the town of Friendly.
• The front of the Morgantown Airport reads "Welcome to Morgantown, West Virginia."
• A tourist sign displays the state's nickname, "the Mountain State."
• A note mentions that the government, the mining companies, and Vault-Tec aim to have the state run by machines.
• RobCo Industries had a West Virginia division research facility in Watoga.
• The eviction notice has addresses including the state name.
• Several Pleasant Valley Ski Resort posters feature the state name.
• Anne Litzinger shares that she wants to explore West Virginia after graduation, hoping to be a photojournalist.
• Harold Clark recorded a message, sharing that he was locked in Vault-Tec's Vault 51 in the Appalachia region of West Virginia.
• Uncanny Caverns poster features the state name.
• West Virginia was home to many varieties of sparrows, including the lark sparrow, the field sparrow, the vesper sparrow, and the fox sparrow.
• A reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the state in 1950.
• The name of the state is on the Crevasse Dam sign.
• In an edition of The Informant, the state is mentioned in the subheader, "what exactly is going on in the woods of West Virginia?"
• Charleston's main city sign is labeled with the state name.
• The Pioneer Scouts of West Virginia's Camp Lewis mentions the state name.
• Issue #6 of Scouts' Life features Pioneer Scouts West Virginia Troop 24.
• The Clarksburg city limits sign is stylized in the shape of the state.
• The Whitespring Resort has a West Virginia room.
• School buses in Appalachia read "West Virginia School District" on the side.
• Several maps of West Virginia can be found throughout the Appalachian region.
• The West Virginia Department of Environmental Affairs put up signage to warn individuals of dangerous mines.
• West Virginia's naturally occurring cranberry, pitcher, and sundew plants are mentioned as existing post-War.
• A Spruce Knob sign describes the highest point in West Virginia, at 4,863 feet of elevation.
• The New Appalachian Railroad installed warning signage and poles for underground cable, noting the state in the instructions.
• The state is mentioned in several Pioneer Scout exams including herpotologist, mammalogist, archaeologist, collector, and robotocist variants.
• A statue and museum featuring a local folklore legend known as the Mothman is situated in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A poster for the Mothman Museum also features the state name.
• The Miners Monument features a placard that reads "West Virginia Coal Miners."
• Both signs at Sugar Grove display the state's shape and abbreviation.
• West Virginia is mentioned in the Exodus and Observations, vol. XXVII notes introduced in Fallout 76, introduced in the Night of the Moth update.
• Camp Venture was originally the Appalachia regional facility of the "Endurance and Survival Training of the Virginias" program run by Edward Hayes.

Wyoming

• If Papa Khan is convinced not to help the Legion and to have his people seek their own future, the Great Khans eventually migrate north into "the plains of Wyoming" during the Second Battle of Hoover Dam.
• If defeated by Joshua Graham and the Dead Horses, the White Legs will flee into the wilderness of Wyoming, where half their tribe dies in the first winter, with the remnants scattered to the winds the following spring.

States not mentioned

The following states have not been mentioned in the Fallout series in any capacity to date:

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• Indiana
• Michigan
• North Dakota
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Wisconsin

References

Non-game