Delaware: middle colony but part of the South?

[King of Kensington]

Why was Delaware classified as a "middle colony" but is today considered part of the South?

[The Mikado]

Same reason New York was a middle colony but ended up part of the North.  After the end of the revolutionary era (and basically around 1810s), the distinction between New England, Middle Colony, Southern Colony faded and was replaced by 'slave state or free state."

[Antonio the Sixth]

Delaware is part of the Northeast.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Delaware is part of the Northeast.

I agree, but he may be referring to how the census designates Delaware, or how it was one of those border states that had slavery and supported Breckenridge.

[beaver2.0]

Delaware is part of the Northeast.

I disagree.  Its part of the Mid-Atlantic.

[Person Man]

What would you consider "North", "South" and "Middle" today and why? Does the distinction only mean things until the Appalachian Divide, The Mississippi, the 100th parallel or can western states be categorized too? 

[beaver2.0]

What would you consider "North", "South" and "Middle" today and why? Does the distinction only mean things until the Appalachian Divide, The Mississippi, the 100th parallel or can western states be categorized too? 

North, probably New England, upper Hudson valley.  Midatlantic has the rest of New York, plus New York City suburbs, Pennsylvania, NJ, parts of Maryland, Northern Virginia.  South has everything south of there, minus southern Florida.  This might only extend as far as the Mississippi River.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Delaware's three counties were originally the three southern counties of Pennsylvania, but they seceded when Pennsylvania was going to ban slavery--therefore, Pennsylvania was a northern/"free" state while Delaware was considered a southern/"slave" state.

[HankW501]

I was quite surprised when I learned that the U.S. Census Bureau includes Delaware with The South.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Delaware is part of the Northeast.

I disagree.  Its part of the Mid-Atlantic.

The Mid Atlantic is part of the Northeast. The Northeast consists of the Mid-Atlantic and New England.

I was quite surprised when I learned that the U.S. Census Bureau includes Delaware with The South.

Some time ago there was an idea to move it into the Northeast. It was rejected for consistency's sake.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

With slavery it WAS south, but now it IS a left state like  MD, thus NE. Even VA is shifting away from the south!

There's more to a region than who it supports in presidential elections.

[warandwar]

The (black) servants of my Quaker relatives in Penn. would eat at the table. The servants of my Quaker relatives in Delaware would eat in the kitchen. (This is in the 40s).

[RINO Tom]

This is totally my own interpretation and nothing else but this is how I've always viewed the regions:

NORTHEAST
NEW ENGLAND
ME
NH
VT
MA
RI
CT

NON-NEW ENGLAND NORTHEAST
NY
NJ
PA

MID-ATLANTIC
MD
DE
DC
Note: I consider PA and NJ to be both the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, and I consider NOVA to be part of the Mid-Atlantic and the Northern Border South.

SOUTH
NORTHERN BORDER SOUTH
VA
NC
WV
KY
TN
MO
Note: I consider areas of Southern Kansas, Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana to be part of the South, especially Illinois, while I consider the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City to be part of the Midwest.

WESTERN BORDER SOUTH
OK
TX

DEEP SOUTH
AR
LA
MS
AL
GA
SC
Note: I know Arkansas isn't usually included in this, but a state that voted for Wallace is culturally part of the Deep South, IMO.

SOUTHERN BORDER SOUTH
FL

MIDWEST
BIG TEN COUNTRY
OH
IN
MI
WI
IL
MN
IA

WESTERN MIDWEST
ND
SD
NE
KS

WEST
MOUNTAIN WEST
MT
WY
CO
ID
UT

SOUTHWEST
NM
AZ
NV
Note: I'd consider Western Oklahoma and Western Texas to be part of the Southwest.

WEST COAST
WA
OR
CA

FAR WEST/CATEGORY OF THEIR OWN
AK
HI