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Kit Clement

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I include Michigan in the Midwest, but not Indiana and Ohio, I think of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee as their own small region.

The naming of the midwest comes from it being the middle of the western hemisphere, at least east to west. The 90th line of longitude goes right through Illinois and Wisconsin. If you include the Great Plains states like the Dakotas in the midwest, then most of Pennsylvania could make a claim to that too, as that's equally as close to the 90th longitude line. Growing up in Michigan, I never saw the Dakotas, Nebraska, or Kansas as midwestern states.
 

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Well, if you think of "authoritative sources" as "I-am-able-to-edit-it freely-and-make-it-look-like-anything-can-be-real-sources," then yeah.

This is such a stupid argument.
Aha! Something my collection of old encyclopedias is good for, beyond looking good on the shelf!

1970 World Book: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

2003 Encyclopedia Britannica: the Middle West is same list, but specifies that it is comprised of two regions: the Northwest Territory, or the Old Northwest, and the Great Plains.

Interestingly, the 2004 Compton’s and 1949 Encyclopedia Americana appear to have no mention of the Midwest or Middle West.
 
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Aha! Something my collection of old encyclopedias is good for, beyond looking good on the shelf!

1970 World Book: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

2003 Encyclopedia Britannica: the Middle West is same list, but specifies that it is comprised of two regions: the Northwest Territory, or the Old Northwest, and the Great Plains.

Interestingly, the 2004 Compton’s and 1949 Encyclopedia Americana appear to have no mention of the Midwest or Middle West.
I love how this analysis puts way more depth into the subject than there really should be.
 
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