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And similar to this: The shortest route from the western tip of Key West, FL to the FL/AL border at the Perdido River is 827 miles, all in the same state.
Logan, Ohio is a county seat but Logan, Ohio is not in Logan County, Ohio at all.
There are tons of these county seats that are not in the county bearing the same name in Iowa for some reason, including these:
Wapello
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
Iowa Falls
Sioux City
Keokuk
Jefferson
Fort Madison
etc., etc.
Even Canton, Ohio along with the easternmost suburbs of Akron and Cleveland are farther east than Dungeness Beach, Georgia. Youngstown, Ohio is farther east than the entire state of Georgia and even Hilton Head Island, South Carolina despite the recommended routes by Google Maps to both places going through Pennsylvania.
It's a reason I've always had a hard time with the idea of Ohio being "Midwest". I understand the historical reasons for the term, but it's a long ways east, and not really in the middle of the country at all.
It's a reason I've always had a hard time with the idea of Ohio being "Midwest". I understand the historical reasons for the term, but it's a long ways east, and not really in the middle of the country at all.
East means East Coast to 95% of Americans. Ohio gets lumped into the Midwest by default and/or no one else claims them.
It's a reason I've always had a hard time with the idea of Ohio being "Midwest". I understand the historical reasons for the term, but it's a long ways east, and not really in the middle of the country at all.
I had a college roommate from Columbus who considered Ohio an "eastern" state and didn't feel Midwestern.
I kinda see it as part Midwestern, part Appalachian. Not "East Coast" or Northeast at all really
Midwest doesn't mean "middle of the country" otherwise the true Midwestern states would be Montana, Colorado, the Dakotas, and Kansas. All but 3 Midwestern states are entirely in the eastern half of the country.
Midwest doesn't mean "middle of the country" otherwise the true Midwestern states would be Montana, Colorado, the Dakotas, and Kansas. All but 3 Midwestern states are entirely in the eastern half of the country.
I consider the Mississippi as the dividing line. Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota are also western half to me. I also don’t think Dakotas and Midwest so much (maybe Great Plains, but otherwise I do tend to lump them with Montana and Wyoming more than anything).
It's a reason I've always had a hard time with the idea of Ohio being "Midwest". I understand the historical reasons for the term, but it's a long ways east, and not really in the middle of the country at all.
As you say there are historical reasons for that. That being that Ohio is West of the original 13 colonies. It was originally part of The West. When the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States were added, The Eastern Western states became known as the Midwest.
That part totally makes sense. The Midwest is between the East and the West so that is why it's called the Midwest. Okay it should probably be called the North Central, which a lot of foreigners call it, but whatever. When you understand the history behind it, it's easy to understand why it's called the Midwest.
Harder though to understand though is why West Virginia is considered part of the South. When it has very little geographical, historical, or cultural connection to the South.
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