Appalachia
Coal country region
Appalachia is a cultural and geographic region of the eastern United States centered on the Appalachian Mountains, stretching from southern New York to northern Alabama.
The region is associated with a distinct culture shaped by its mountainous terrain and relative isolation—Appalachian music, dialect, and folkways.
Stereotypes of rural poverty and backwardness persist, though residents often bristle at outsider portrayals: My family has been in Appalachia for generations.
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- old-time musicAppalachian string band folk
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
quilting · storytelling · moonshine · shape-note singing · square dance · oral tradition · heritage festivals · craftsmanship
Cultivating land for food
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
pasture · barn · orchard · canning · foraging · cattle · timber · self-sufficiency
Appalachian subrange in the East
- Smoky MountainsHaze-covered Appalachian subrange
- AlleghenyAppalachian range in Pennsylvania
- Shenandoah ValleyVirginia region between ridges
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
hollows · peaks · foothills · escarpments · highlands · Cumberland Gap · coves · gaps
Spirit-focused Christian denomination
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
- Church of GodProtestant denomination title
- foot washingCleaning someone's lowest extremities
- camp meetingsOutdoor Protestant worship gatherings
Distant or controller
- secludedSet apart, private
- hollowsSunken areas, indentations
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- insularNarrow in outlook
cut-off · hidden · backwoods · off-grid · winding roads · tight-knit · self-reliant
Mountain city in western Carolina
- PittsburghWestern Pennsylvania industrial city
- KnoxvilleSoutheastern university city
- ChattanoogaSoutheast Tennessee city
- RoanokeVirginia city or vanished colony
Charleston · Huntington · Lexington · Bristol · Wheeling · Morgantown · Johnstown · company towns
bluegrass
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- old-time musicAppalachian string band folk
ballads · quilting · storytelling · moonshine · shape-note singing · square dance · oral tradition · heritage festivals · craftsmanship · folklore
farming
Cultivating land for food
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
livestock · pasture · barn · orchard · canning · foraging · cattle · timber · self-sufficiency · hollers
Blue Ridge
Appalachian subrange in the East
- Smoky MountainsHaze-covered Appalachian subrange
- AlleghenyAppalachian range in Pennsylvania
- Shenandoah ValleyVirginia region between ridges
ridges · hollows · peaks · foothills · escarpments · highlands · Cumberland Gap · coves · gaps · balds
Pentecostalism
Spirit-focused Christian denomination
- BaptistImmersion-practicing Protestant
- Church of GodProtestant denomination title
- foot washingCleaning someone's lowest extremities
remote
Distant or controller
- secludedSet apart, private
- hollowsSunken areas, indentations
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
insular · cut-off · hidden · backwoods · off-grid · winding roads · tight-knit · self-reliant
Asheville
Mountain city in western Carolina
- PittsburghWestern Pennsylvania industrial city
- KnoxvilleSoutheastern university city
- ChattanoogaSoutheast Tennessee city
Roanoke · Charleston · Huntington · Lexington · Bristol · Wheeling · Morgantown · Johnstown · company towns · mining camps
- North AmericaUSA, Canada, United States, California, Texas
- American placesNew York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Deep South, Pacific Northwest
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- East CoastAtlantic coast, mid-Atlantic, Eastern Seaboard, New York City, NYC
- geographic regionscontinent, country, state, province, county
AppalachiaSilicon Valley
Bay Area tech corridor
Wall Street · Manhattan · Martha's Vineyard · Beverly Hills · coastal elites
AppalachiaGreat Plains
Central North American grassland
Kansas · Nebraska · prairie · Florida · Mississippi Delta
- Appalachian MountainsEastern North American range
- Appalachian TrailEastern US thru-hike route
- Appalachian folkloreTraditional tales from eastern highlands
- Appalachian floraVegetation of eastern mountain range
- Appalachian musicFolk sounds from eastern mountains
- Appalachian townSettlement in eastern range