Michigan is definitely there. Before 1803, The Mississippi River was the Far West of the contiguous US terrirory. New Orleans & further west still belonged to

Michigan is definitely there. Before 1803, The Mississippi River was the Far West of the contiguous US terrirory. New Orleans & further west still belonged to France. Ohio and Indiana were known as the Midwest since they were about halfway to the Mississippi from the east coast. Part of Kentucky is very close to Ohio & Indiana and the rest were Southern States. Now Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and part of Missouri seem to have snuck in somehow but Dakota, Newbraska and Kansas are highly exaggerating. No doubt Oklahoma and Texas are in The West, with almost all of Texas being part of the Southwest. Midwesterners represent more like a regional/cultural designation than their geographical location, although both features do apply. Western Pennsylvania is not very much like the East Coast either.