Eastern U.S.
Atlantic coast area
The eastern portion of the United States, generally everything east of the Mississippi River or the Great Plains.
The term appears in weather forecasts, regional studies, and discussions of American geography: A cold front is moving across the Eastern U.S.
The boundary is imprecise—some include the Midwest, others draw the line at the Appalachians.
- JamestownFirst permanent English settlement
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- Appalachian MountainsEastern North American range
- Mardi GrasPre-Ash Wednesday celebration
- New England clam chowderCream-based mollusk soup
Cape Cod · Underground Railroad · New York City · Revolutionary War · Washington D.C. · Ellis Island · Atlantic Ocean · Amish communities · Boston · coal mining · Philadelphia · Jersey Shore · Civil War · Chesapeake Bay · Atlanta · Blue Ridge Mountains · Great Smoky Mountains · Miami
Eastern U.S.Western U.S.
America's Pacific region
West Coast · Pacific Coast · American West · Pacific Northwest · Far West
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