List of U.S. state tartans explained

This is a list of tartans that have been adopted by law by their respective state legislatures as official U.S. state symbols. Not all states have an official tartan.

Table

State Tartan Year Name Pattern (sett)
California2001[1] [2] California state tartanY8 B2 G20 S4 G20 S8 G20 S4 G20 B32 A56 B2 K8
Colorado1997[3] [4] Colorado state tartan[Y/8] R6 MB34 K40 G4 W6 Lv6 W6 [G/64]
Connecticut1995[5] [6] Connecticut state tartan
Georgia1997[7] [8] Georgia tartan
Hawaii2008[9] Hawaii tartan[10] A8 R4 Y4 A48 E16 GN40 Y4 R6
Illinois2012[11] Illinois state tartan
Iowa2004[12] Iowa tartan[13]
Louisiana2001[14] Louisiana tartan[15]
Massachusetts2003[16] Bay State tartan DB8 LB4 DB48 R3 DB10 R8 G4 DB8 AW4 DB22 G6 DB6 G12[17]

DB8 LB4 DB48 R4 DB10 R8 G4 DB8 VLT4 DB22 G6 DB6 G12[18]

Michigan2010State of Michigan tartan[19]
Missouri2019[20] [21] Missouri state tartan G6, DT4, G4, DT4, B4, DT4, B6, A6, R4, W4, G8, W4, R4, A6, B6, DT4, B4, DT4, G4, DT4, G6, DT4, G16, DT12, G16, A4, G16, DT12, G16, DT4
Nevada2001[22] Nevada state tartan[23]
New Hampshire1995[24] [25]
North Carolina1991[26] Carolina tartan[27] R64 A28 K32 Y6 K6 W8 K8 R4 G56 R26 K8 R8 W4[28]
Oklahoma1999 Oklahoma tartan R3 W6 B42 Y4 K16 Y4 B42 W6 R3
Rhode Island2000[29] Official Rhode Island tartan
South Carolina2002[30] Carolina tartan[31] R64 A28 K32 Y6 K6 W8 K8 R4 G56 R26 K8 R8 W4
Tennessee1999[32] Tennessee state tartan
Texas1989Texas Bluebonnet tartan[33] G4 R2 B16 W2 R2 W2 LB16 W2 LB16 W2 Y1
Utah1996[34] Utah Centennial tartan W2 B6 R6 B4 R6 G18 R6 W4
2007[35]
Washington1991 (designed 1988)Washington state tartan[36] WW6 DR6 RB32 G64 A6 K6 MY4[37]
West Virginia2008Official tartan of the State of West Virginia GO8 G8 B16 G16 A12 SCR54 W2 K6 SCR54 G16 SCR16 B16 G8 GO8[38]
Wisconsin2008Wisconsin tartan[39] [B/44] R6 B4 N6 K28 DG40 DY4 DG40 K28 B22 [DT/12] [40]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History and Culture: State Symbols . . March 30, 2015.
  2. Web site: Cal. Gov. Code § 424.3 . . March 30, 2015.
  3. Web site: State Tartan . . March 31, 2015.
  4. Web site: Colorado House Joint Resolution 97-1016 . . March 31, 2015.
  5. Web site: The State Tartan . . March 31, 2015.
  6. Web site: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-110j . . March 31, 2015.
  7. Web site: HB 644 - State symbols; designate official state tartan . 1997 . . March 31, 2015.
  8. Web site: O.C.G.A. § 50-3-76 . . March 31, 2015.
  9. Web site: H.C.R. No. 81, H.D. 1 . 2008 . . December 12, 2015.
  10. Web site: The Hawai‘i State Tartan. Caledonian Society of Hawaii. December 13, 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803124438/http://www.scotsinhawaii.org/Tartan/. 2020-08-03. mdy-all.
  11. Web site: Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4492. www.ilga.gov. 2018-10-30.
  12. Web site: Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 . 2004 . . February 16, 2017.
  13. Web site: The Official Iowa Tartan . Hawkeye Area Grand Gaelic Isles Society . February 16, 2017.
  14. Web site: La. Rev. Stat. § 49:170.6 . . March 31, 2015.
  15. Web site: The Louisiana Tartan . Caledonian Society of Baton Rouge . March 31, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719151220/http://www.csbr.org/latartan1.htm . July 19, 2011 . dead .
  16. Web site: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, § 52 . . March 31, 2015.
  17. Web site: Tartan details - Massachusetts - The Bay State . The Scottish Register of Tartans. February 11, 2021.
  18. Web site: Tartan details - Massachusetts-The Bay State . The Scottish Register of Tartans. February 11, 2021.
  19. Web site: About Us – Detroit Scots / St. Andrew's Society of Detroit.
  20. Web site: Missouri State Tartan . . November 21, 2019.
  21. Web site: Missouri Revised Statutes 10.190. . . November 21, 2019.
  22. Web site: Nev. Rev. Stat. § 235.130 . . March 31, 2015.
  23. Web site: Nevada Facts and State Emblems . Nevada Legislature . March 31, 2015.
  24. Web site: State Tartan . New Hampshire Almanac . . March 31, 2015.
  25. Web site: N.H. Rev. Stat. § 3:21 . . March 31, 2015.
  26. Web site: N.C. Gen. Stat § 145-15 . . March 31, 2015.
  27. Web site: North Carolina State Symbols . . March 31, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150325214321/http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/symbols.htm . March 25, 2015 . dead .
  28. Web site: Tartan Colors . The Carolina Tartan . March 31, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708122107/http://www.carolinatartan.com/colors.htm . July 8, 2011 . dead .
  29. Web site: State Symbols . . March 31, 2015.
  30. Web site: S.C. Code § 1-1-703 . . March 31, 2015.
  31. Web site: State Symbols & Emblems: Colors & Textiles . South Carolina General Assembly . March 31, 2015.
  32. Web site: State Symbols. State of Tennessee. December 1, 2015.
  33. Web site: Tartan details - Texas Blue Bonnet. The Scottish Register of Tartans. August 13, 2012.
  34. http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/tartan.html Utah State Symbols - Centennial Tartan
  35. http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4468 "Virginia Quadricentennial"
  36. Web site: RCW 1.20.110: State tartan.. wa.gov.
  37. Web site: Tartan Details - Washington State . . February 21, 2018.
  38. http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan-ferret/display/7631/west-virginia-us-state&tartan_name=west+virginia&tartan_name_search= Scottish Tartan Authority - ITI# 7631
  39. Web site: WI statute 1.10(3)(s) . . July 27, 2010.
  40. Web site: Tartan Details - Wisconsin . . December 20, 2015.

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