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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Colorado.jpg)
Colorado
This is just a picture of a generic cutting board because Colorado is exactly shaped like one.
2.
![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Wyoming.jpg)
Wyoming
As is Wyoming.
3.
![Nebraska](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Nebraska-2.jpg)
Nebraska
Distinctive yet practical. The epitome of state-themed cutting boards.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Connecticut.jpg)
Connecticut
Handy handle. Bonus points for having the word “cut” in the state name.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Utah.jpg)
Utah
Striking minimalist design.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Kansas.jpg)
Kansas
Practical, but anyone who sees it will think it’s just a normal cutting board with a damaged corner.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Massachusetts.jpg)
Massachusetts
Cape Cod forms a natural hook for easy storage.
8.
![South Carolina](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/South-Carolina.jpg)
South Carolina
By far the best of the non-rectilinear states.
9.
![North Dakota](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/North-Dakota.jpg)
North Dakota
For that modern rustic look.
10.
![New Mexico](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/New-Mexico.jpg)
New Mexico
Good cutting board on sale “as is.”
11.
![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Oregon.jpg)
Oregon
Extreme practicality. Pleasantly abstract borders.
12.
![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Pennsylvania.jpg)
Pennsylvania
93% plank-like.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Oklahoma.jpg)
Oklahoma
Excessive handlage.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Arkansas.jpg)
Arkansas
Clever interplay between curvy northeast inlet and squared southwest inlet, each useful for different pouring/funneling actions.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Arizona.jpg)
Arizona
Excellent balance between straight and wiggly lines. Probably won’t remember which side is north.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Michigan.jpg)
Michigan
The only cutting board upon which you can identify to others the location of a specific food by pointing to a spot on your upheld hand. Upper Peninsula sold separately.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Tennessee.jpg)
Tennessee
A bit too long and narrow to be practical for all cutting applications, but instantly recognizable.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Iowa.jpg)
Iowa
I never noticed before that Iowa has a prominent nose. State-shaped cutting board of choice for chopping aromatics.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Indiana.jpg)
Indiana
Easy to saw off the bottom of the state and turn Indiana into a practical cutting surface.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Montana.jpg)
Montana
I’m docking Montana points for stealing its entire western third from Idaho, thereby forcing the creation two asymmetrical cutting boards instead of a pair of perfect rectangles.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Mississippi.jpg)
Mississippi
Rectangularish enough for regular use.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Minnesota.jpg)
Minnesota
More like Mincesota.
23.
![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Nevada.jpg)
Nevada
The farther south you go, the less useful it becomes.
24.
![New York](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/New-York.jpg)
New York
Get a version with Long Island attached for a nifty grip.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/California.jpg)
California
Perfect for slicing those curvy-style sausages for a stew or something, I guess.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Missouri.jpg)
Missouri
This 8-bit rendering of Georgia (see below) actually leads to a more practical cutting surface than the original.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Georgia.jpg)
Georgia
Parallel lines. Wildly unpredictable lines. Itty bitty nub. Good luck ever cutting straight on this thing.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Illinois.jpg)
Illinois
The Georgia of the Midwest.
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![South Dakota](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/South-Dakota.jpg)
South Dakota
The boringest of the plank states.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Ohio.jpg)
Ohio
Sure, yeah, whatever.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Maine.jpg)
Maine
Take any random chunk of a flat material and there is a 95% chance that it will be Maine-shaped.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Louisiana.jpg)
Louisiana
Unwieldy, but offers two distinct cutting areas. Bonus points for being home to the best food in America.
33.
![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Idaho.jpg)
Idaho
Takes its cues from Louisiana, but offers a vastly inferior northern mass.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Texas.jpg)
Texas
As cumbersome as the state itself.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Alabama.jpg)
Alabama
Fine, but dangly bits quite distracting.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Florida.jpg)
Florida
Awkward handle. Maybe as a specialty cutting board for baguettes and salamis and such?
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Wisconsin.jpg)
Wisconsin
This is actually a cheeseboard because Wisconsin.
38.
![New Hampshire](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/New-Hampshire.jpg)
New Hampshire
Only useful if you glue it to a Vermont cutting board.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Vermont.jpg)
Vermont
See above.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Washington.jpg)
Washington
Puget (structurally un)Sound.
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![Rhode Island](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Rhode-Island.jpg)
Rhode Island
Great cutting area, but the fragilest of peninsulas.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Alaska.jpg)
Alaska
Solid primary cutting surface, but isthmusy part is super breakable.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Hawaii.jpg)
Hawaii
This is cheating, Hawaii. You cannot be more than one cutting board. Though the island of Niʻihau is the only cutting board designed specifically for single cashews.
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![North Carolina](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/North-Carolina.jpg)
North Carolina
This is the cutting board you would get if you smushed all of Hawaii’s islands into a single mass.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Kentucky.jpg)
Kentucky
And this is the cutting board you would get if you flipped North Carolina over its X-axis.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Virginia.jpg)
Virginia
Lumpy state #3.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Delaware.jpg)
Delaware
It’s like you weren’t even trying to be a cutting board, Delaware.
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![](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Maryland.jpg)
Maryland
I’ll see your crappy Delaware cutting board, and I’ll raise you Maryland.
49.
![West Virginia](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/West-Virginia.jpg)
West Virginia
This one has too many poky bits.
50.
![New Jersey](https://zachpowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/New-Jersey.jpg)
New Jersey
While not the least useful cutting board, the shape of New Jersey is wholly unappetizing.