[Stan C.]

A stretch of scattered states including the Dakotas to the West, Ohio to the East, Wisconsin to the North and Kentucky to the South is called the ‘Midwest.’ How did this come about, since these states are so scattered and unrelated?

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[Brian E]

Good question Stan C.! It’s really all perspective. To us in Missouri, the Midwest usually means an area centered around the uppper mid-section of the country (to me, MN, IA, MO, AR, IL, WI, MI, etc.). Some folks refer to this as the Upper Midwest. This might include some of the other states that you mention. I personally consider everything E of IL as the East. LA and east is the South. Dakotas to OK are plains states. Texas is Texas. And everything else is the West. It probably sounds weird to you to be lumped in with Wyoming! I think it’s a broad term on purpose. It means what you want it to mean. Cheers,

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