some regions of the u.s. that include land that is now in two different states and might become a new state include the "state of jefferson" (northmost california plus the southern counties of oregon) and the "state of lincoln" (eastmost washington state plus the northern panhandle of idaho. a move has also been proposed to separate the westmost one-fourth of nebraska from that state, but to add that to wyoming (the least-populous state), rather than to create an entirely new state. this region is actually much closer to cheyenne, wyoming, the capital city, than it is to its current capital of lincoln, nebraska.