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.

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All labels observed (33)

Label Occurrences
Appalachia canonical 315
Appalachian region 171
Southern Appalachians 21

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian region
timePeriod modern era ⓘ

Referenced by (565)

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

Appalachian Mountains → culturalRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
Southern Tier region (overlap) → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
subject surface form: Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill television market → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
Tennessee (eastern portion) → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Tennessee (eastern portion) → culturalRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
Big Ears Festival → culturalRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
Jefferson County, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Southern West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
Southern West Virginia → culturalRegionOf → Appalachia ⓘ
Mercer County, West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
Knoxville metropolitan area → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee → tourismFocus → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Appalachian culture
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Martinsburg, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Parkersburg, West Virginia → countrySubdivision → Appalachia ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania → isPartOf → Appalachia ⓘ
Athens, Ohio → locatedInRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
Clarksburg, West Virginia → locatedInRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
Beaver County → isPartOfRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
Fayette County → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Greene County → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
subject surface form: Greene County, Pennsylvania
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
Greene County → hasCulturalRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
subject surface form: Greene County, Pennsylvania
Earl Hamner Jr. → ethnicGroup → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Americans
West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
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
Appalachian English → region → Appalachia ⓘ
Tuckahoe marble → foundInGeologicalProvince → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
St. Clair County, Alabama → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region of Alabama
Mercer County → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
Upper South → overlapsWith → Appalachia ⓘ
Walker County, Alabama → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Appalachia → partOf → Appalachia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Appalachia → hasSubregion → Appalachia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Appalachia
Youngstown → region → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian Ohio
Bluefield, Virginia → partOfRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
Indiana County → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Housatonic River valley → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Site X → historicalRegion → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
East Tennessee Technology Park → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
Maine → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Melton Hill Lake → region → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Green Bank, West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Bayard, West Virginia → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park → locatedIn → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Roane County, Tennessee → partOf → Appalachia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Appalachian region
Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States → region → Appalachia ⓘ
subject surface form: Martins Ferry, Ohio