Is Delaware part of the North or the South?

[Angel Calzadilla]

Delaware is a yankee state so definetely is north.

[STLCityMike]

Northern Delaware is heavily influenced by transplants from the north - PA, Jersey and NY - but that is the northern part of the state. It also has proximities and influence by Maryland, DC and Virginia which are not Yankee / Northern. It is Mid Atlantic in my book. I lived there for many years before settling back in the Midwest.

[Timothy123]

Mid Atlantic, but Dover somewhat and particularly Seaford felt southern to me, coming from New England.

[simonusa3]

As a history teacher, what I find so hilarious…is that back in the 1940’s or 1950’s, when many of the oldest people of that time (say in their 70’s or older) who lived in the Northeast cities heard the term “Yankee” ... they associated it with the wealthy blue - bloods (mostly of English ancestry). The Irish, French, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Greeks…etc. whose families came to the Northeast cities in waves after 1870 would laugh at the thought of being called a “Yankee”.

I guess 100 years from now they will call the expanding Latin or Asian population of the Northeast “Yankees”.

[sheena12]

Originally Posted by jcp123

Definitely the North.

The mid-Atlantic thing is, to my west coast mind, a frivolity at best, non-existent at worst.

IMHO, DC is the dividing line. DC and points north are the Northeast, points south are the South and Southeast.

No, "Mid Atlantic" is a real subcategory. It's a Northeastern subcategory. The Mid Atlantic or Middle Atlantic states include, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and depending upon what Social Studies book you are using, New York state.

The other part of the Northeastern states are the New England states, are Connecticut, Rhoad Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

The South similarly has subcategories - the Atlantic Coastal States - from Virginia to Florida. One does not have a coast, - West Virginia.

The same is true of the Midwest. The Western states that are often called "the Inland Mountain States".

In response to the original poster's question - Delaware is not in any way a "Southern State". It seems that these questions seemingly never end. They are usually raised in reference to "boarder states".

Washington DC is not a state, but if it was, it would be a perfect example of a Mid Atlantic State.

[Aavamphibs]

Potomac River is the divider. Not the Mason and Dixon line.

[NoClueWho]

Neither, but who cares?

[LINative]

Delaware pretty much has been part of the North since the 1600s.

Delaware through the years....
1. New Sweden
2. New Netherland
3. New York Province (until 1682)
4. Pennsylvania (until 1701)
5. Delaware Colony (still associated with Pennsylvania)
5. Delaware State

A couple of things I noticed people said. First, Delaware is ABOVE the Mason-Dixon line not below it. Second, it is true that Delaware still had slavery at the time of the Civil War but all the Northern colonies had slavery (New Jersey had alot) but were gradually liberating them beginning with Massachusetts during the Revolution. Delaware was just one of the last.

[rdlr]

I live approximatly 5 miles from the Marydel Mason/Dixon line. The marker was moved in 1968, and is ON the Delaware/Maryland State Line. Here's an interesting article on the stone.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/throwingbull/325560649