Midwest America

America's agricultural core

The Midwest is the north-central region of the United States, roughly spanning from Ohio to the Dakotas and Kansas to Minnesota.

The term evokes flat farmland, small towns, and a cultural identity associated with practicality, friendliness, and unpretentious values: She has that Midwest politeness.

Also called the heartland or Middle America.

Related

corn on the cob · Great Plains · Indiana · agriculture · state fair · labor movements · small-town life · church potluck · hay · farming communities · dairy farm · dialects · regional cuisine · Iowa · tornado · tornado alley · Great Lakes · manufacturing

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geographic region

Midwest AmericaEast Coast

America's eastern shoreline

West Coast · New England · Eastern Seaboard · California · New York

cultural character

Midwest AmericaNew York City

America's largest city

Los Angeles · coastal elites · Hollywood · Manhattan · San Francisco

landscape/geography

Midwest Americacoastal regions

Areas bordering oceans

Rocky Mountains · Pacific Northwest · oceanfront · Appalachia · Florida

Family

Midwest, America, American, Americans, west, western, westerner, westerly

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G