This is a misnomer, if ever there was one.
As you can see on the map, the Midwestern United States - of which my home state of Michigan is a part - are neither in the middle of the country nor are they in the west. Indeed, the Midwest is so northerly and acentral that it should more accurately be termed the "Northeast" (even though Alaska and the "proper" eastern states would probably cry foul on both counts).
So how on earth did they come up with the crazy idea to call it the Midwest?
As you can see on the map, the Midwestern United States - of which my home state of Michigan is a part - are neither in the middle of the country nor are they in the west. Indeed, the Midwest is so northerly and acentral that it should more accurately be termed the "Northeast" (even though Alaska and the "proper" eastern states would probably cry foul on both counts).
So how on earth did they come up with the crazy idea to call it the Midwest?
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