Question: In what region of the country is the state where Henry Stites Barker was born?

full_context: Document 1: Christian County, Missouri: Christian County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Between 2000 and 2010, it was the fastest growing county in Missouri and one of the fastest growing in the nation as the county became more suburban due to the booming growth in Springfield.
Document 2: Corn Belt: The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States that, since the 1850s, has dominated corn production in the United States. More generally, the concept of the ``Corn Belt ''connotes the area of the Midwest dominated by farming. Many towns in this area are connected to powerful farm organizations with lobbying power.
Document 3: W. Craig Broadwater: Born in Elk City, Oklahoma, Broadwater graduated from Paden City High School in West Virginia and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia University in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from West Virginia University College of Law in 1977. He was also a Lieutenant in the United States Army from 1972 to 1982. He was in private practice in Wheeling, West Virginia from 1977 to 1983. He was a Hearing examiner for the West Virginia Worker's Compensation Fund from 1978 to 1981. He was a Special prosecuting attorney of Ohio County, West Virginia from 1982 to 1983, and then became a circuit court judge for the First Judicial Circuit of West Virginia, from 1983 to 1996.
Document 4: North Dakota: North Dakota is in the U.S. region known as the Great Plains. The state shares the Red River of the North with Minnesota to the east. South Dakota is to the south, Montana is to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are to the north. North Dakota is situated near the middle of North America with a stone marker in Rugby, North Dakota marking the ``Geographic Center of the North American Continent ''. With an area of 70,762 square miles (183,273 km), North Dakota is the 19th largest state.
Document 5: Albert Galliton Harrison: Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1820. He was then admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Mount Sterling. Seven years later, he moved to Fulton, Missouri.
Document 6: Geographic center of the United States: Its position as located in a 1918 survey is located at 39 ° 50 ′ N 98 ° 35 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.833 ° N 98.583 ° W ﻿ / 39.833; - 98.583 ﻿ (Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States), in Kansas about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of the center of Lebanon, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of the Kansas - Nebraska border.
Document 7: Crystal City, Missouri: Crystal City is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,855 at the 2010 census. It was 4,247 at the 2000 census.
Document 8: Geographic center of the United States: Its position as located in a 1918 survey is located at 39 ° 50 ′ N 98 ° 35 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.833 ° N 98.583 ° W ﻿ / 39.833; - 98.583 ﻿ (Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States), about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kansas, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of the Kansas - Nebraska border.
Document 9: Malik Barkat Ali: Malik Barkat Ali was born in April 1885 in Lahore a city of Punjab, British India, to a lower middle class family. After education at the local high school, he won a scholarship to the famous Forman Christian College, in Lahore. After graduating from there he remained an Assistant Professor at this college from 1905 to 1907 and then passed the LLB Law examination, and was selected as a Junior Magistrate in the Punjab Service in 1908, working there until 1914, when he resigned because he had developed differences on principles with the authorities there.
Document 10: Henry Stites Barker: Barker was born in 1850 at Newstead in Christian County, Kentucky and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended UK (then called the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky), before dropping out to study law. He served as Louisville City Attorney from 1887 to 1896. He served as Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court (Criminal Division) and Judge of the State Court of Appeals, serving one year as its Chief Justice.
Document 11: Obadiah J. Barker: Obadiah J. Barker, Jr. (October 31, 1856 – July 1908) was a Los Angeles business man and the founder and president of the furniture company, Barker Brothers. Born in Bloomfield, Indiana, Barker moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colorado as a young man. He attended Colorado College and also attended dental school in St. Louis. However, he did not complete dental school and moved to Los Angeles with his parents and brothers in 1880. The family began a successful furniture business on Spring Street in Los Angeles. The company became one of the world's biggest house-furnishing stores. Barker died suddenly at the Lankershim Hotel in July 1908 at age 51.
Document 12: St. Charles, Missouri: St. Charles is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 65,794 at the 2010 census, making St. Charles the ninth - largest city in Missouri. It lies to the northwest, and is a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri on the Missouri River.
Document 13: Midwestern United States: The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States of America. It was officially named the North Central region by the Census Bureau until 1984. It is located between the Northeastern U.S. and the Western U.S., with Canada to its north and the Southern U.S. to its south.
Document 14: Fremont Hills, Missouri: Fremont Hills is a city in Christian County, Missouri, United States. The population was 826 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Document 15: Southwest City, Missouri: Southwest City is a city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States. The population was 937 at the 2010 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located in the southwestern corner of the state of Missouri.
ground_truth: Midwestern United States
sub_queries: Henry Stites Barker >> place of birth Answer: Christian County
Christian County >> located in the administrative territorial entity Answer: Missouri
what region of the country is Missouri in Answer: Midwestern United States