The only thing in the US that's really 'east' is the eastern seaboard (ie all the states with a seashore on the right hand side). Anything south of the Ohio river counts as 'southern', hence I'm southern as the Ohio river forms the top border of the state of Kentucky.
Northern = Wisconsin and suchlike.
All the rest is the midwest or the west. Iowa is 'midwest'. Kentucky is 'southern'. Michigan is north-eastern (lived downriver of Detroit for 4 years before I moved here).
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Northern = Wisconsin and suchlike.
All the rest is the midwest or the west. Iowa is 'midwest'. Kentucky is 'southern'. Michigan is north-eastern (lived downriver of Detroit for 4 years before I moved here).