Northeastern US
Atlantic seaboard region
The Northeastern US is the region comprising the northeasternmost states of the United States, typically including New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) plus New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Sometimes Maryland and Delaware are included.
The region is characterized by dense population, historic cities, and older infrastructure: She grew up in the Northeastern US but moved to California.
- clam chowderCreamy mollusk soup
- lobster rollSeafood in split-top bread
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- colonial historyRecord of empire-building
Wall Street · fall foliage · autumn leaves · Appalachian Mountains · harbor · Ellis Island · textile mills · Hudson River · maritime trade · Plymouth Colony · brownstone · Erie Canal · Mayflower Compact · Acadia National Park · fishing industry · covered bridges · Finger Lakes · colonial architecture
Northeastern USSouthwest
Arid American expanse
Southern US · Deep South · Southeastern US · Western US · Pacific Northwest
Northeastern USDixie
Nickname for Confederate states
Southern US · Texas · rural America · Deep South · Bible Belt
north, east, northeastern, northern, eastern, northerly, easterly, northward, eastward