Appalachia

Also known as Appalachian Region

Appalachia ( ) is a geographic region located in the Appalachian Mountains in the east of North America. In the north, its boundaries stretch from Mount Carleton Provincial Park in New Brunswick, Canada, continuing south through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky Mountains into northern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, with West Virginia near the center, being the only state entirely within the boundaries of Appalachia. In 2021, the region was home to an estimated 26.3 million people.

Key facts

Settlement.demographics1_info1: Southern American English (Appalachian English), Western Pennsylvania English, African-American English – and varieties that fall under that umbrella – are spoken by African Americans across the entire United States of America, including Appalachia.
Settlement.demographics1_title2: Native languages (Indigenous languages of the Americas)
Settlement.demographics1_info2: This section requires further information.
Settlement.name: Appalachia
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_caption: Left–right from top:
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: United States of America and Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Counties or county-equivalents
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 420
Settlement.subdivision_type2: States
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 13
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Largest city
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Pittsburgh
Settlement.unit_pref: US
Settlement.area_total_sq_mi: 206000
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_total: 26.3 million

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Research

147,819 papers

Smoking-Cessation Interventions in Appalachia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020
A glance at Appalachia.Journal of cultural diversity · 1997
Geographic Barriers to Indexing: Examining Appalachia.Medical reference services quarterly · 2024
Appalachia's Cancer Problem.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2017
Home Radon Testing in Rural Appalachia.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2022

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Article

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Contents

Definitions
Toponymy and pronunciation
History
Early history
Appalachian frontier
Early 19th century
Proposal to rename the United States
U.S. Civil War
Late 19th and early 20th centuries
Economic boom
Stereotypes
Feuds
Modern Appalachia
Cities
Culture
Ethnic groups
Religion
Dialect
Education
Music
Cuisine
Literature
Folklore and legends
Art
Urban Appalachians
Communications
Appalachian studies
Economy
Agriculture
Logging
Coal mining
Manufacturing
Tourism
Poverty
Tax revenue and absentee land ownership
Appalachian Regional Commission
Transportation
Physiographic provinces
In popular culture
See also
Notes
References
Sources
Further reading
Journals
External links

Since its recognition as a cultural region in the late 19th century, Appalachia has been a source of enduring myths and distortions regarding the isolation, temperament, and behavior of its inhabitants. Early 20th-century writers often engaged in yellow journalism focused on sensationalistic aspects of the region's culture, such as moonshining and clan feuding, portraying the region's inhabitants as uneducated and unrefined; although these stereotypes still exist to a lesser extent today, sociological studies have since begun to dispel them.