Appalachia

E26066
cultural region geographic region

Appalachia is a culturally distinct region of the eastern United States known for its mountainous terrain, coal mining heritage, and rich traditions in folk music and storytelling.

Aliases (16)
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region →
geographic region →
associatedWith African American heritage →
Appalachian English dialects →
Native American heritage →
Scots-Irish heritage →
coal mining industry →
outmigration →
rural poverty →
timber industry →
country United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
extendsInto Alabama →
Arkansas →
Georgia →
Kentucky →
Maryland →
Mississippi →
Missouri →
New York →
North Carolina →
Ohio →
Oklahoma →
Pennsylvania →
South Carolina →
Tennessee →
Virginia →
West Virginia →
governedBy Appalachian Regional Commission →
hasCharacteristic culturally distinct region →
mountainous terrain →
hasCulturalSymbol Appalachian dulcimer →
banjo →
hasSubregion Southern West Virginia →
surface form: "Central Appalachia"

Appalachia →
surface form: "Northern Appalachia"

Southern West Virginia →
surface form: "Southern Appalachia"
knownFor ballad singing →
bluegrass music →
coal mining heritage →
craft traditions →
folk music traditions →
old-time music →
oral traditions →
quilting →
religious revivals →
storytelling traditions →
woodworking →
locatedIn Eastern United States →
surface form: "eastern United States"
locatedOn Appalachian Mountains →
partOf Appalachia →
surface form: "Appalachian region"
timePeriod modern era →
Referenced by (165)

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

Ohio Valley region → borderedBy → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Big Ears Festival → culturalRegion → Appalachia →
Earl Hamner Jr. → ethnicGroup → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian Americans"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Boone County → hasCulturalRegion → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Boone County, West Virginia"
Greene County → hasCulturalRegion → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Greene County, Pennsylvania"
Logan County → hasCulturalRegion → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Oak Hill → hasCulturalRegion → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Oak Hill, West Virginia"
subject surface form: "Pittman Center, Tennessee"
this entity surface form: "Central Appalachian culture"
Eastern United States → hasPart → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
OSMRE → hasRegionalOffice → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian Region"
Appalachia → hasSubregion → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Northern Appalachia"
Site X → historicalRegion → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Beckley, West Virginia → isPartOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Coosa County, Alabama → isPartOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Montcalm, West Virginia → isPartOf → Appalachia →
Raleigh County → isPartOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Steubenville, Ohio → isPartOf → Appalachia →
Beaver County → isPartOfRegion → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Pittman Center, Tennessee"
this entity surface form: "Southern Appalachians"
Bayard, West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Boone County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Boone County, West Virginia"
Bristol, Tennessee → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Gilmer County, Georgia → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Greene County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Greene County, Pennsylvania"
this entity surface form: "United States Appalachian coal region"
Hopewell tradition → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Indiana County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region of the United States"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Logan County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
Maryville, Tennessee → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
McDowell County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
Mingo County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Monongahela River → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Monroe County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Monroe County, West Virginia"
subject surface form: "Morgantown, West Virginia"
Morristown, Tennessee → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
subject surface form: "Myra, West Virginia"
Nicholas County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
Oliver Springs → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
subject surface form: "Pittman Center, Tennessee"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Shepherd University → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Southern West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region of Alabama"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Union County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Union County, Tennessee"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Union Town → locatedIn → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Uniontown, Pennsylvania"
Walker County, Alabama → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
western Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Western Virginia"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region of the United States"
Wyoming County → locatedIn → Appalachia →
Athens, Ohio → locatedInRegion → Appalachia →
Berea, Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Appalachia →
Bethany College → locatedInRegion → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Bluefield micropolitan area"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Logan → locatedInRegion → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Logan, West Virginia"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Maynardville → locatedInRegion → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
New Market → locatedInRegion → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "New Market, Tennessee"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Upper South → overlapsWith → Appalachia →
Appalachia → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Asheville, North Carolina → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Athens, West Virginia → partOf → Appalachia →
Boone County → partOf → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Boone County, West Virginia"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Bramwell, West Virginia → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
subject surface form: "Cadiz, Ohio"
Fayette County → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Fayette County → partOf → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Fayette County, West Virginia"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Fayetteville → partOf → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Fayetteville, West Virginia"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Greene County → partOf → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Greene County, Pennsylvania"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Greeneville, Tennessee → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Holston Formation → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Housatonic River valley → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Kegley, West Virginia → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Maine → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Matoaka, West Virginia → partOf → Appalachia →
Melrose, West Virginia → partOf → Appalachia →
Mercer County → partOf → Appalachia →
Middletown Valley → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Mohawk Valley → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Oak Hill → partOf → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Oak Hill, West Virginia"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Roane County, Tennessee → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Shanksville, Pennsylvania → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Summers County → partOf → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Bluefield, Virginia → partOfRegion → Appalachia →
Alcoa → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Appalachian English → region → Appalachia →
Appalachian music → region → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Bethany College (Bethany, West Virginia)"
Big Blues → region → Appalachia →
Blount College → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Blue Ridge Parkway → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Southern Appalachians"
Bolivar, West Virginia → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Clinch River → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Dollywood → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Interstate 81 → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
subject surface form: "Martins Ferry, Ohio"
McGhee Tyson Airport → region → Appalachia →
Melton Hill Lake → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Monongahela River → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Northern Appalachia"
North Knoxville → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Rutledge → region → Appalachia →
subject surface form: "Rutledge, Tennessee"
Scottdale, Pennsylvania → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Seymour → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
subject surface form: "Wheeling Suspension Bridge"
Youngstown → region → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian Ohio"
Cardinal (train) → regionServed → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian region"
Wyoming County → regionType → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Appalachian"
subject surface form: "Scottish Americans"
subject surface form: "Scots-Irish Americans"
this entity surface form: "Appalachian United States"
Appalachian English → spokenIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Southern Appalachia"
Appalachian English → spokenIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Central Appalachia"
Appalachian English → spokenIn → Appalachia →
this entity surface form: "Northern Appalachia"
this entity surface form: "Southern Appalachian culture"
this entity surface form: "Appalachians to Great Plains"
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