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Originally Posted by AGDee
Yes, they stick Michigan in the midwest category. I've wondered why for a long time. We aren't West of much, except the Appalachians. Do they not want to have a Mid East region because of the geo-political issues in the Middle East of the world?
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I think that the terminology stems from the Northwest Territories - so perhaps at the time the "midwest" label started, we were more towards the "middle" of the west? (Before all of those more Western states became part of the US.)
Though I did see something referenced about the midwest starting as west of the Allegheny River.
