Didn't you just say the other day that Wikipedia is not a source?
Plus the map PLAINLY shows those states in a central and slightly easterly location!
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· 8 years ago
It's an idiom. It's called the Midwest because back when there were only the colonies as states, everything from Ohio and westward was considered "the west". After those regions were "obtained" from the natives and made a territory, the actual west was recognized, and the Ohio territory became known as the middle west.
Am I the only one that thinks Metric Fuckton of Downthumbs would be a great name for a band?
Plus the map PLAINLY shows those states in a central and slightly easterly location!