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Western United States
One of the four census regions of the US
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The Western United States (also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, the Western territories, and the West) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau.
As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed. Before around 1800, the crest of the Appalachian Mountains was seen as the western frontier.
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🇺🇸 Heat records topple as the West bakesAn early-season heat wave that has been baking the West this week obliterated numerous all-time records in California and Arizona....