Corn Belt

noun

1. a region in the midwestern U.S., especially Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, excellent for raising corn and cornfed livestock.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Corn Belt¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

In the 20th century, the state of Iowa—the center of the US Corn Belt, experienced three straight days of 35 C only once a decade.

From The Daily Beast

I'm from a little town of 1,400 people on the western edge of the corn belt.

From The Daily Beast

Land prices in the heart of the Corn Belt have increased at a double-digit rate in six of the last seven years.

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State-level legalization of same-sex marriage has gay and lesbian couples celebrating from the Green Mountains to the Corn Belt.

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The next time Mr. Propbridge was haled to the broiling Corn Belt he made very sure that the warrant was genuine.

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There is no doubt in my mind but that the hazel-filbert hybrids (hazilberts) will make a large agricultural crop in the corn belt.

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It is the chief city of the "corn belt," and is served by all the prominent trunk railway lines.

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Most of the hogs which enter the great meat-packing cities are raised in the corn belt.

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In the corn belt the lands are not so productive in grains and pasture crops as the alluvial lands of Louisiana.

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