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It would have to be one of the Border States or the Upper South because it had split allegiances during the American Civil War. Given the frontiersman circlejerking around Jedediah Springfield, that would indicate that Springfield is in a Western state that was not part of the original 13 Colonies. We also can infer that it's not in Missouri because of Abe Simpson's refusal to recognize that state. So that would narrow it down to

>Kentucky - Border State in the West that had split loyalties during the Civil War (pic related)
>Kansas - Union state that nevertheless had some pro-Confederate sentiments due to the influx of proslavery militants during the Bleeding Kansas period
>Tennessee - Confederate state that nonetheless had strong pro-Union sentiments to the point of having more Southern Unionists under arms than any other Confederate state