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![Hierarchy of Midwest (general region)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Midwest (general region) |
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Lat: 42 39 35 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.6598 decimal degrees |
Long: 093 56 19 E degrees minutes |
Long: 93.9386 decimal degrees |
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Note: Refers north-central USA, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, & usually Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky, and the Dakotas. Although the area falls primarily in the middle and eastern third of the United States, it was called the "midwest" because it was west of the original English colonies. Europeans settled here mainly after American Revolution, although some lived in Kentucky and Tennessee earlier. |
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Midwest (preferred,C,V)
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Middle West (C,V)
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............ | term was used during westward expansion of USA, to distinguish this area from areas further west (then called "Far West") |
Midwestern United States (C,U,O)
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Midwest (general region) (P) |
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