{{Short description|Area of the eastern United States}} The '''mid-Atlantic Seaboard''' is an area of the eastern United States along the Atlantic Ocean. The term's meaning changes depending on the user, but generally it always includes the seaports, coastal plains and United States territorial waters of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.{{r|"cMP1C"}}{{r|"Alexander2013"}} It may also include the coastal plains and United States territorial waters of New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and even northern Georgia. Finally, it can also include the entirety of all of the previously mentioned states and Washington, DC.
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<ref name="Alexander2013">{{cite book | author = Kelly Alexander | title = Peaches: a Savor the South® cookbook | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2oVdrQyW4QC&pg=PA5 | date = 4 March 2013 | publisher = UNC Press Books | isbn = 978-1-4696-0198-4 | pages = 5– | quote = ... on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard from southern New Jersey through Delaware and into Maryland. When the peach hit Georgia and South Carolina, lightning struck. Although peaches had been growing in the state for a couple of hundred years, ... }}</ref> <ref name="cMP1C">{{cite book | title = The Waterways Journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KTNEAQAAIAAJ | series = 1-13 | volume = 94 | year = 1980 | publisher = Waterways Journal, Incorporated | quote = mid-Atlantic seaboard area for bathymetric products manufactured by ... The mid-Atlantic region is made up of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and the ... }}</ref>
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Category:East Coast of the United States Category:Mid-Atlantic states
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