Panhandle

Categories: Geography of the United States

This is about the geographical term; when used as a verb, panhandle means to approach strangers and beg for money.

A panhandle is a geographic term for a long and usually thin projection of a U.S. state. The term derives from the analogous part of a cooking pan. A panhandle is geometrically similar to a peninsula, but where a peninsula is surrounded by water, a panhandle is usually surrounded by other states or political entities. The "panhandle" shape is usually the result of politically-established boundaries, though it may partly be influenced by geographic features such as mountain ranges.

Panhandles in the United States include:

• Alaska Panhandle
• Connecticut Panhandle
• Florida Panhandle
• Idaho Panhandle
• Maryland Panhandle
• Nebraska Panhandle
• North Carolina Panhandle
• Oklahoma Panhandle
• Texas Panhandle
• Eastern Panhandle and Northern Panhandle in West Virginia
  • The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway was often called the Panhandle, as it crossed the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.

There is also the Panhandle in San Francisco, California.

Panhandles elsewhere:

• New Brunswick Panhandle

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