The 100 States of America

[ctherainbow]

Cool project!     For naming Pennsylvania's divisions, could I suggest Philadelphia for the Philadelphia area, Susquehanna for the area that largely contains the Susquehanna River and encompasses the Lehigh/Wyoming/Susquehanna valleys, Appalachia for the area that's covered by the Appalachian Plateau/Mountains, and Allegheny for the Pittsburgh-area division?

Edit:  I see from reading one of your replies that you already decided on Allegheny!  I feel like if you wanted to retain the name of the original state "Pennsylvania", you could label the north/central PA division with that, as either "Pennsylvania" or "Appalachia" would be appropriate for that area.  I just have a bias against names starting with P, since I think it's an ugly letter.   

[ctherainbow]

Yup, Philadelphia, Allegheny and Pennsylvania were the names I had in mind respectively for the Philly-based, Pittsburgh-based, and North-Central states! Sorry that P is not pleasing to you, but I don't think it shows up too often overall if that helps.

For the East-Central state, the name I had in mind was Cumberland, but you're right, Susquehanna fits better.

Great minds think alike?    

Yeah, Cumberland would fit well if the state was based further south, but since it stretches along the Susquehanna, that's why I thought to suggest it.  I may also be a bit biased, since I'm from Susquehanna County, which sadly would still be in Pennsylvania, and not Susquehanna, after the split.