Talk:Panhandle

Oklahoma Error
I unserstand the list of panhandles and cities, as showing the largest city in the panhandle... Oklahoma City is not in the panhandle of Oklahoma and should not be included in the list of largest cities.

I fixed the Oklahoma entry. All data was messed up but is now accurate based on the Oklahoma Panhandle article. Nst101

Texas
Doesn't Texas have 3 panhandles? Aren't the western and southern extensions of the Texas also panhandles, and not only the northern extension? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.164.11.237 (talk) 18:38, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Salient
Is the word panhandle much used in this sense outside the United States? If not, the article might better move to salient. (Well, presumably salient would be a disambig). jnestorius(talk) 01:00, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I can tell you that it's most common useage in the UK is as a euphemism for an erection...

Original research problem
I placed an "original research" warning on the "Panhandles outside the United States" section because the section's text gave me the impression that someone looked at a map and arbitrarily identified some areas as "panhandles". References identifying these regions as "panhandles" are needed. Dr. Submillimeter 21:55, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Then how prey do people find out about panhandles without consulting a map? I doubt somebody has written a thesis on panhandles.  Kransky 12:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

also the ones from ireland are ridiculous ! every county in ireland "could" be called panhandle but none are especially not the two listed on this page, can someone remove them please because if i do they will just reverse it. here is a map of irish counties, judge for yourself. http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/image-files/mapofcountiesofireland-184kb.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.243.225 (talk) 14:25, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Origin of the term
As long as no research is avaible for the origin I dont see why it should list Texas as the "possible origin for the term". At this point it seems any state could be the possible orgin for the term. Pollox87 21:12, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Grew Up in the Mississippi Panhandle
I grew up in the Mississippi panhandle. According to this erroneous article, the Mississippi panhandle does not exist, nor the Alabama panhandle. But they exist, trust me. 24.75.109.129 (talk) 01:31, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Virginia and North Carolina also have panhandles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.161.197 (talk) 04:22, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Article should be moved
The title reflects US usage only. The article should be moved to the internationally used "salient". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.12.193.155 (talk) 10:02, 30 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Given the published references to the Okavango Panhandle (Namibia), Laotian Panhandle, Galilee Panhandle, and Karpas Panhandle (Cyprus), the term seems less U.S.-specific than characterized by some and also seems to be a natural disambiguation from salient and its various other meanings. Doremo (talk) 04:58, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
I am contemplating adding the Mafraq governorate of Jordan. Feedback? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.86.236.222 (talk) 22:24, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

How elongated?
Can we find any external source to decide how elongated the protrusion has to be, in order to be called a panhandle? Or is it original research here? The Nebraska "panhandle" is almost hilarious: it is quite unelongated, in fact it is wider than it is long. If we call that a panhandle, we might as well include, say, southeast Mississippi, northwest Utah, eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Stretching the limits we could probably find one or more "panhandles" from every U.S. state (except Colorado and Utah). --Jmk (talk) 10:06, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Michigan Panhandle
Would the top of Michigan be considered a panhandle? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.190.176.45 (talk) 00:23, 28 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Why not? As I pondered above, if Nebraska has a "panhandle", then basically anything goes. Surely also Louisiana has two panhandles (one east, one north). Florida consists of nothing but two panhandles (one west, one south). --Jmk (talk) 13:13, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Northern New Hampshire is another obvious one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.225.109.50 (talk) 23:25, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * No, it's a peninsula - it's surrounded by water and not other land areas. 108.254.160.23 (talk) 16:38, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Kingston panhandle? As a local, I've never seen it referred to as such. Unless someone can find a source for this, I'm going to remove it as WP:OR. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:00, 9 August 2013 (UTC)


 * You are right, Kingston is not a panhandle. However, a part of it can be seen as a panhandle, protrubing to the southwest both from the main part of the borough and from Greater London as a whole. I think whoever added it to the list here, meant to add it as an example of what might be seen as a geographical panhandle, regardless of wether it is usually called a panhandle or not. Arms Jones (talk) 17:52, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

can you also remove the Irish ones as no county in Ireland is refered to as a panhandle, especially not the two mentioned, in fact most counties in Ireland "could" be considered panhandles based on shape but are NEVER refered to as such, it seems to be a typically American saying. here is a map of Irish counties, judge for yourselves http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/image-files/mapofcountiesofireland-184kb.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.243.225 (talk) 14:29, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Merge Panhandle with Salient (geography)
One seems to be a copy-paste of the other. jnestorius(talk) 12:43, 18 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Support This seems like a good idea. Arms Jones (talk) 17:55, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Definitely! cm&#610;&#671;ee&#9094;&#964;a&#671;&#954; 18:49, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

New Hampshire panhandle
The lead of Coös County, New Hampshire talks about a NH panhandle being the narrower top part of the state. Is this officially a panhandle, and should it be included in this article? Yes, in terms of land area it's pretty small, but relative to the size of the whole state I'd say it counts, almost like the Idaho one.  Rcsprinter  (gossip)  @ 14:18, 7 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Are there any "official" panhandles? I think this is a term used mostly colloqually. Arms Jones (talk) 17:58, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

The only state where one of the extensions really looks like the handle of a pan is Oklahoma.
I once thought that was where the trend started. What's the deal here? Dustin ( talk ) 21:58, 8 November 2014 (UTC)