Just an aside. Is there any other state that's as divided up as Texas?

I had a Texan for a friend, and when people asked him where he was from, he didn't say "Texas," he said "East Texas." And I once saw an ad for a hospital which aimed to be "South Texas's finest medical facility."

Of course, there's the Panhandle. I'm not sure just where the Panhandle is.

I once visited the town of West, Texas (it's in East Texas). We noticed that the printer who printed the tourist placemats called it West Texas. Apparently he was so used to dividing the state up that he did it out of habit.

We enjoyed West, Texas. It is the Czech capitol of Texas.

I can see these divisions in some ways, since Texas is so big, but writing a song about Northeast Texas women seems a little extreme.

By the way, what do Texans call the stub to the north, the part that looks like it should belong to Oklahoma?

And do any other states do this?