The regions of the US

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Holy phucc please tell me you aren't

Forgot to mention that regions don't follow state lines well you can find southerners in Illinois and Yankee regions in Florida also some states are split ark is a good example south of little rock very southern and delta very southern whereas ft smith and north ark are western

Kansas is Midwest, not west

florida may be in the southeastern portion of the united states but they by no means are "the south". FWIW.

The term Midwest actually refers to the area 1/2 way between east coast and ms river it was first used in colonial days and Kansas absolutely is west Abilene coffeyville etc major cattle markets also it's where Wyatt Earp became famous along with wild bill hicock that sir is western

Horrible. You're wrong.

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I may be wrong I am just telling what most experts in history culture and geography will agree on of course their will be anomalies and everyone is entitled to their own opinion

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Most "experts" have Kentucky listed as either Southeast or if you want to break it further down the Mississippi Valley. You maybe have a couple who will classify it as mid-west, but only if they have no grasp of the culture as well as physical region.

This is what the Library of Congress (and by my link National Geographic) lists as official geographic regions of the US:

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Atlantic States: All states that border the Atlantic Ocean, from Maine to Florida
East: All states east of the Mississippi River
Middle Atlantic States: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Middle West or Midwest: from the Rocky Mountains to the Allegheny Mountains; Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Northeast: east of the Mississippi River, north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin.
Northwest: states between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean: Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming.
Pacific Northwest: Old Oregon country: Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Wyoming.
Pacific States: All states that border the Pacific Ocean: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington.
Rocky Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming.
South Atlantic: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.
South: States south of the Mason-Dixon Line: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.
New Southwest: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
Old Southwest: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas
Southwest: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah.
West: All states west of the Mississippi River.

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This also covers your multiple regions and overlapping.

LINK

Mine, cultural/geographic regions, asterisks indicate split loyalties/designations


SOUTH
Deep South
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina

Peripheral South
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Southern Virginia*
Northern Florida*
Eastern Texas*
Southern Missouri*


NORTH
Mid-Atlantic
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Northern Virginia*

New England
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island

MIDWEST
Great Lakes
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota

Great Plains
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Northern Texas*

Neither Plains nor Lakes
Iowa
Central and Northern Missouri*


WEST
Mountain West
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Utah

Pacific West
California
Coastal Washington*
Coastal Oregon*

Pacific Northwest
Inland Washington*
Inland Oregon*

Mexican Reconquista
New Mexico
Arizona
Southern California*
Southern Texas*
Western Texas*


AUTONOMOUS/UNIQUE STATES (in part or in whole)
Texas (Southern/Midwestern/Mexican mix)
Hawaii (Pacific Islander/Western/General American mix)
Alaska (Inuit/General American mix)
West Virginia (Appalachian)
Florida (Southern/Midwestern/Northern/Cuban mix)
Missouri (Southern/Midwestern mix)

How can you have Iowa listed in the Great Plains and neither plains or lakes section? Iowa is definitely Midwest btw

But you did call it Great Plains in your post though.

its not Great Plains, which is weird because Iowa is the flattest place I've ever been in my life