list of US states

[Larz60+]

And, such a file already exists: https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/dat...bases.html
and more info here: ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TGRGDB16/

This is the specific directory I was looking for: https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/nlt.html

The place files are the most interesting as they are textual based and drill down to street level