Talk:Eastern United States

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[edit] Page move

According to new policy approved by Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. regions this page should be moved to Eastern United States, and likewise its related sub-articles as well. Thanks. -JCarriker 10:40, May 21, 2005 (UTC)

Since there seem to be no objections. I'm going through with the move. -JCarriker 08:13, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Colours and appearance

I have made a proposal to change the colour of the map box, please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. regions --Qirex 05:36, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] whats the natural border?

So the border would either be the continental divide or or the Mississippi River, right?

In terms of today, those would be the most common natural borders. An older (and defunct) demarcation was the Appalachian Mountains, a less common modern defintion might be where the eastern forests ends. -JCarriker 19:16, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mississippi River descrepancy

The article states that the Mississippi River is the normal dividing line. However, the graphic shows Illinois and Wisconsin as striped states. Both are east of the river. Could someone fix this? Will 05:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yup.

This article should be constructed as the West Coast article is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DDavis092 (talk • contribs) 01:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] What?

Whoa, there, this whole article needs to be redone. I'm from Maryland and definitely don't think of Ohio as being Eastern, much less Louisiana or Michigan or any of the other random states you have thrown in there. The Eastern states are: Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Northeast. That's it. Ohio is midwestern, and Alabama, Mississippi, and all of those people down there are Southerners, not Easterners.

SwedishConqueror 06:45, 16 December 2006 (UTC)SwedishConqueror


Just because a state doesn't connect to the Atlantic Ocean doesn't mean it not the east. Living in Ohio, I say Ohio is definitely Eastern, it is way closer to New York City than it is to Lebanon, Kansas (Most central city in the US). Same goes for the Southern states.

Just curious, what part of Ohio are you from? In Northwestern Ohio, many of us consider ourselves Midwestern, so I wondered if you're from Eastern or Southern Ohio. I see the argument to make Ohio either Eastern or Midwestern, but it gets stuck with the pleasure of constant debate. I'd say it's more of a regional border state, Midwesternnortheast if I may suggest. :) Frank12 00:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

How about the Mideast! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Froman1 (talk • contribs) 19:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)