Upper South

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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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AI-generated illustration of Upper South

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Upper South (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.)

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Upland South 28
Upper South canonical 25
Interior Upland South 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf subregion of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegionType cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Deep South ⓘ
dominantDialect Appalachian English ⓘ
Southern American English ⓘ
dominantReligion Baptist denominations ⓘ
Evangelical Protestantism ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

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 ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
overlapsWith Appalachia ⓘ
Border States ⓘ
Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
partOf Southern United States ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sometimesIncludes Eastern Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to: eastern Oklahoma

Northern Alabama ⓘ
Northern Arkansas ⓘ
Northern Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Georgia

Northern Mississippi ⓘ
Northern North Carolina ⓘ
Northern South Carolina ⓘ
Southern Missouri ⓘ
timePeriodOfCommonUse 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
usedIn U.S. cultural geography ⓘ
U.S. historical scholarship ⓘ
political analysis of the American South ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (61)

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

Tennessee (eastern portion) → locatedIn → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Central Kentucky → locatedIn → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Whig Party → hadStrongSupportIn → Upper South ⓘ
Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Upper South → overlapsWith → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Bourbon County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Clark County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Interior Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Mercer County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Interior Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Hart County, Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Bullitt County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Western Kentucky → partOf → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Southern Unionists → region → Upper South ⓘ
Tennessee frontier → partOf → Old Southwest ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Army of the Ohio → campaignArea → 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 Mississippi → locatedIn → Upper South ⓘ
Kentucky and Illinois → region → Upper South ⓘ
Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upper South ⓘ
subject linked to: Indiana and Kentucky
Inner Bluegrass → formsPartOf → Upland South cultural region ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Bourbon County, Virginia → historicalRegion → Old Southwest ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Marion County, Kentucky → isLocatedInRegion → Upland South ⓘ
subject linked to: Marion County
linked to: Upper South
Oolitic, Indiana → region → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Inland South → overlapsWith → Upper South ⓘ
Sadieville, Kentucky → locatedIn → Interior Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Hardin County, Kentucky → isLocatedIn → Upland South ⓘ
subject linked to: Hardin County
linked to: Upper South
Southwestern Indiana → partOfCulturalRegion → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Irvington, Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Davidson County, Tennessee → belongsTo → Upland South ⓘ
subject linked to: Davidson Co.
linked to: Upper South
Leitchfield, Kentucky → partOf → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
South Atlantic States → hasSubregion → Upper South ⓘ
Gallatin, Tennessee → partOf → Upper South ⓘ
Mississippi Hill Country → partOf → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Chester County, Tennessee → isPartOf → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Simpsonville, Kentucky → region → Upper South ⓘ
Manton, Kentucky → isInRegion → Upland South ⓘ
subject linked to: Manton
linked to: Upper South
Solid South → hasPart → Upper South states ⓘ
linked to: Upper South
Northwestern Turnpike → regionServed → Upper South ⓘ
Alabama hill country → partOf → Upland South ⓘ
linked to: Upper South