Is the State of Texas considered a southwestern State?

Question

I've heard it referred to that way, yet it doesn't seem quite right. What do you think?

Answer 1

Living in Texas, I will tell you that it is considered a land all its own, but most of the time is included in Southwestern States. In fact, in the state one can draw a line almost north south starting between Dallas and Ft. Worth and east of that line the soil and therefore the crops, etc. are more Southern than Southwestern. And west of the line, the soil is more like southwestern states and instead of raising southern crops you get ranches, etc. Ft. Worth was built on cattle, Dallas was built on business, trade, insurance, banking and oil. Gardening advice that works in Dallas and east Texas fails 45 miles west in Ft. Worth and vice versa.

Answer 2

residing right here i might say we evaluate our selves southern, we've been area of the unique grow to be autonomous from south & like quite a few different southern states pur nearest non-altlantic waters are the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer 3

geographically it is considered a Mid-Western state

Wikipedia classifies it a southern state