When we moved here to the Basin in July 2020, I knew of two Midlands... Midland Texas, and Midland Michigan. I had no idea there were so many more areas named Midland. Townships, Villages, Cities... There are 18! Honorary mentions go to "Midlands Of South Carolina" because it's the entire central region of the state--and "Midoil, California"--which changed its name from Midland to Midoil. So aside from us here in Texas--here are other places in America we share our name with, alphabetically by State--and some snapshots where we could find them courtesy of Google and Google Street View:

1. MIDLAND, ARKANSAS

Population: 325

2. MIDLAND, CALIFORNIA

Population: zero. It's an old mining town that has been a ghost town since 1970.

3. MIDLAND, GEORGIA

Population: 11,750

4. MIDLAND, INDIANA

Population: Unincorporated

5. MIDLAND, KENTUCKY

Population: Unincorporated

6. MIDLAND, LOUISIANA

Population: Unincorporated, but there are 330 students and 20 teachers at Midland High school.

7. MIDLAND, MARYLAND

Population: 446

8. MIDLAND, MICHIGAN

Population: 41,920

9. MIDLAND, MISSOURI

Population: 34,392

10. MIDLAND, NORTH CAROLINA

Population: 3,622

11. MIDLAND, OHIO

Population: 307

12. MIDLAND, PENNSYLVANIA

Population: 2,918

13. MIDLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA

Population: 88

14. MIDLAND, TENNESSEE

Population: Unincorporated

15. MIDLAND, VIRGINIA

Population: 97

16. MIDLAND, WASHINGTON

Population: 10,005

17. MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA

Population: 1,961

18. MIDLAND, TEXAS

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Population: 138,549

So as you can see--WE are the biggest (and BEST) Midland there is! But it's always fun to know there are other areas that share the name--even if they don't share much else.

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