The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-03-08
Grouping the States.

Ine necessity 1oE new anu soeL1A1c-
ory grouping of the States and Terri
,orfes, for statistical and other purposes,
has long been felt. The old classiica-
ton into New England, Middle, South
ern and Western States-never . satis-
factory or characteristic method Of
grouping-was outgrown several de-
cades ago, and to-day it is manifestly
absurd to speak of New York and New
Jersey as ssMiddle States," or Of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois as parts OF the
"West." Mr.. Henry Gannett, the
geographer of the tenth census, hiss
proposed q plan of grouping which IL
being adopted by the Census Bureau,
and~win probably come into general
use, as it appears to be natural, charac-
teristic and well-balanced. The scheme
divides the country in its three great
geographical divisions-the Atlantic,
the Great Valley and the Cordilleran
regions. The first of these Mr.. Gannett
names the Atlantic section, the second
the Central, and the third the Western
section. The Atlantic and the Central
sections are sub-divided-the former on
Mason and Dixons line, the latter on
the Ohio River and the southern boun-
dairy of Missouri and Kansas. The fol-
lowing then are the States making up
the five divisions severallyr
NORTH ATLANTIC srArEA-Maine. New
Hampshire, Vermont. hassachusetts, Rhode
Pennsylvanis-Total,9 Q.
land. District Of Coiumbia, Virginia, wess vfr-
sinias n S9Ftn Saronna' o, south oaronna' Geor'
NoKTHERN CESTRiI IsrArEa--ohio. Indiana.
Illinois. MICHIGAN; Wisconsin, Minnesota. Iowa,
hss1rr; = Nj. E
sissippI. Louisiana. Texas. Indian Territory.
ArWksnSsS Tsrnessee, n.sn ksns1SkyddLSei IdaSc s.n-
ington. Oregon. wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexiec, Arizona. Usah' Nevada. California
AoA- ="
The areas and poputatlons OF tneso
groups, with the exceplon OF the lasf,
are not very dissimuar, one from an
other. .
The propriety of this grouping, from
! q purely geographical point Of view, 10
too apparent to need argument. As
was stated above, the three primary
groups correspond with tne tnree greas
topograpnicai features Oh tne county. IN
respect OF temperaenre ana ralniGl, tne
Nortn AuanQc ana Nortnern CentlA
States differ charaoter1sncany from the
South Atlantic and Southern Central
States, while the West possesses an arid
climate, light rainfall, with the 40
companying great extremes OF temPera-
ture. These divisions have Q meaning,
too, from an historical point OF view.
The Atlantic States, with out one ex-
ception, that Of florida, consists OF the
original thirteen ana tnose FORMED from
them, VIZ; name termonI, an9
mest tlrglnia. iaey may Iailiy oe sAlu
70 represent ,ne nrst c9iohIsl seage "a
our history. lne censrA sec.lon, ~nicn
mas oeveioPeo ouring our Prog.ess Is An
Independent naoon' may De saao 70 rep
resent the second stage, extending 70
the present time, while the great unde-
yeloped serrleory OF ,ne mest represents
the oeveioPment on tne Iueore. ~
IN tns !o.5s =. iocst soser I;a;nsnn nne, S1s sae
4rs. 1'u alu III. 80 =. s,S ~ d AZ 80 1e,-.s III
iei a. MI I tro t.or, v tbe Sor,,h i' IN r,
az to g., sns LEI ,ha arosnt;on - =, NJ
sne io, n,rn.a 49, nd ta1 cnn,s;as =,
Srasna, Dnso In:N ~ N So. S @ ~
Soutnern Iulnos, ene O"nsnP OF Gmn
form OF government Is univeIsA, wnIe
south OF the hne separating tnese olvis-
IONS, the county form OF governmen.
prevAis THctsuss,ye.y-sne q 80 canea Ga
Euos haaI;no N no a rasen,bi.nce @ nce Nh WSstsxer @
- tbose 90 r. North Tbsra e siso .