Upper South

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subregion of the United States

The Upper South is a subregion of the United States generally referring to the northernmost tier of Southern states, often including Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and sometimes parts of neighboring states, distinguished historically and culturally from the Deep South.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Upper South canonical	21
Upland South	15
Interior Upland South	3
Old Southwest	2
Upland South cultural region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subregion of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRegionType	cultural region ⓘ geographic region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Deep South ⓘ
dominantDialect	Appalachian English ⓘ Southern American English ⓘ
dominantReligion	Baptist denominations ⓘ Evangelicalism ⓘ surface form: Evangelical Protestantism Methodist denominations ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	border region between North and South in the United States ⓘ culturally Southern but with some Midwestern and Appalachian influences ⓘ historically less dependent on plantation agriculture than Deep South ⓘ historically mixed economy of small farms and some plantations ⓘ
hasFeature	historically important livestock and mixed farming ⓘ historically important tobacco production ⓘ mix of urban and rural areas ⓘ significant coal and natural gas resources in some areas ⓘ transitional climate between humid subtropical and continental climates ⓘ
historicalContext	contained several slave states that remained in or were contested during the American Civil War ⓘ included key border states during the American Civil War ⓘ
includes	Kentucky ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ Virginia ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern United States ⓘ South Central United States ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
overlapsWith	Appalachia ⓘ Border States ⓘ Upper South self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Upland South
partOf	Southern United States ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
sometimesIncludes	eastern Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: Eastern Oklahoma Northern Alabama ⓘ Northern Arkansas ⓘ Northeast Georgia ⓘ surface form: Northern Georgia Northern Mississippi ⓘ Northern North Carolina ⓘ Upstate South Carolina ⓘ surface form: Northern South Carolina southwestern Missouri ⓘ surface form: Southern Missouri
timePeriodOfCommonUse	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
usedIn	U.S. cultural geography ⓘ U.S. historical scholarship ⓘ political analysis of the American South ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern United States → hasSubregion → Upper South ⓘ

Tennessee (eastern portion) → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Central Kentucky → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Whig Party → hadStrongSupportIn → Upper South ⓘ

Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Upper South → overlapsWith → Upper South self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Bourbon County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Clark County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interior Upland South

Mercer County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interior Upland South

Hart County, Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Bullitt County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Western Kentucky → partOf → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Southern Unionists → region → Upper South ⓘ

Tennessee frontier → partOf → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Southwest

Army of the Ohio → campaignArea → Upper South ⓘ

Northern Alabama → historicalAlignment → Upper South ⓘ

Northern Alabama → culturalAlignment → Upper South ⓘ

Border States → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

Northern North Carolina → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

Northern North Carolina → alignsWith → Upper South ⓘ

Northern North Carolina → historicalRegionOf → Upper South ⓘ

Northern North Carolina → sharesCultureWith → Upper South ⓘ

Northern Mississippi → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

Kentucky and Illinois → region → Upper South ⓘ

Indiana and Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upper South ⓘ

subject surface form: Kentucky

Inner Bluegrass → formsPartOf → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South cultural region

Bourbon County, Virginia → historicalRegion → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Southwest

Marion County → isLocatedInRegion → Upper South ⓘ

subject surface form: Marion County, Kentucky

this entity surface form: Upland South

Oolitic, Indiana → region → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Inland South → overlapsWith → Upper South ⓘ

Sadieville, Kentucky → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interior Upland South

Nicholasville (Nicholas family / likely Colonel George Nicholas) → associatedWithRegion → Upper South ⓘ

Constitutional Union Party → strongestSupportRegion → Upper South ⓘ

Covington and Ohio Railroad → historicalRegion → Upper South ⓘ

Hardin County → isLocatedIn → Upper South ⓘ

subject surface form: Hardin County, Kentucky

this entity surface form: Upland South

Southwestern Indiana → partOfCulturalRegion → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Irvington, Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Davidson Co. → belongsTo → Upper South ⓘ

subject surface form: Davidson County, Tennessee

this entity surface form: Upland South

Leitchfield, Kentucky → partOf → Upper South ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upland South

Sumner County → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Upper South ⓘ

South Atlantic States → hasSubregion → Upper South ⓘ

Gallatin, Tennessee → partOf → Upper South ⓘ