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By: Tom Eblen

Tom Eblen — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:57:50 +0000

This blog has moved locations, so I’m not allowing any more comments on this post here. But you can continue the debate about whether Kentucky is a Southern state by clicking the link below:

http://tomeblen.bloginky.com/2008/08/28/is-kentucky-a-southern-state/

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:03:45 +0000

Well I just read all of these very interesting posts, and I can assure you that KY is very much south. I just recently moved to the Louisville area from Upstate NY. I love it here and I say “y’all” without even noticing now lol…Anyways, Kentucky is truly a southern state in many aspects. Point blank, period, end of story!

By: greg

greg — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:44:34 +0000

it’s funny to see how everyone gets offended by the status of a state they live in..i personally have lived in three different states: eastern ky, southwest ohio, and middle tennessee. the differences that i’ve noticed in the the three are very minimal. the thing that i do notice in all the states is that they all believe that they are truly unique when they are really not! to me, southern is a way of life and a personality..i consider myself southern and it doesn’t matter what the rest of the state is! people can be southern living in the north, and people can be northern living in the south..PERIOD.
i lived in southwest ohio and drank sweet tea daily and it was damn good! grits too! and guess what? i’ve done the same thing in kentucky and tennessee!
it gets cold here in tennessee and SNOWS EVERY WINTER!
and guess what? It does in kentucky, ohio, and indiana too!
people try to classify everyone else to fit into there own beliefs and ways. states and areas are not as unique as people think! if you don’t believe me, just travel somewhere besides your house!

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:05:09 +0000

YES

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:03:00 +0000

I am a native of Louisville, Kentucky and proud to be a Southerner. I stand for the National Anthem, God Bless America, My Old Kentucky Home, and “DIXIE” – Louisville is right on the Mason-Dixon Line …..YEP. Y’all……. on the South side of the Line !!

By: Sean #2

Sean #2 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:42:08 +0000

Kentucky is a southern state. This is how I look at it. Northern Virginia being said as southern is an oxymoron; people there will get offended if you call them a southerner. Once you hit Richmond your officially in the coastal south. The top of West Virginia by wheeling (northern panhandle) is not southern, but the rest of the state is pretty southern Appalachian. Western North Carolina is strange because there are accents strikingly similar to a British accent. Southern Missouri extending up to Saint Louis does have somewhat of a southern influence, I lived there.

I guess this is what I’m getting at; here is what I believe to be the true south.

Central/Southern Virginia
Central/Southern West Virginia
Most of Kentucky
Tennessee
North Cackalacky
South Cackalacky
Jaw-Ja
Northern Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Lousiana
Eastern Texas
Arkansas ( Accents very similair to West Virginia)
Southern Missouri

I think thats it…

By: Missymomof3

Missymomof3 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:42:55 +0000

It has already been established that Kentucky is a Southern state with Midwestern influence. I have a feeling those who are arguing it haven’t read the follow up after the meeting last year.

By: Brendan McClelland

Brendan McClelland — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:16:19 +0000

Kentucky is a Southern state in my book. Most classifications of US regions consider Kentucky a Southern state, especially the classification used by the US government. Yeah I guess Kentucky does have a bit of Midwestern flavor but that Midwestern flavor is mild. In the Golden Triangle which includes Louisville, Lexington, and Northern Kentucky that is where the Midwestern flavor is. Let me explain for each of the three areas. Louisville is 50/50 half Southern and half Midwestern. Lexington has a slight Midwestern vibe but still has a very strong Southern character. Northern Kentucky which always includes Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties, occasionally includes Grant and Pendleton counties, sometimes includes Gallatin County and seldom includes Carroll, Owen, and Bracken counties is the most Midwestern part of Kentucky but there is still Southern character here, too because Southern accents are heard around here. There are urban and rural parts of this area and the urban parts would have some Midwestern vibe and the rural parts even of the three core counties (Boone, Kenton, and Campbell) would be rather Southern. But Kentucky outside of the Golden triangle would be plain Southern. So Kentucky is Southern with a Midwestern touch.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:00:24 +0000

Sean, Tennessee has Lincoln Memorial University and its ‘southerness’ has never been in dispute. It also voted overwhelmingly against secession the first time and the second vote was rigged with widespread voter suppression and intimidation practiced by pro-secessionists against voters in the East. East TN voted to secede from Confederate Tennessee and many years prior was the first place in the entire US to publish a magazine totally dedicated to the abolition of slavery. It was commented upon by more than one Northern Abolitionist that the place you could speak freest about abolishing slavery was not on free soil but in East Tennessee. Other, slavery supporting Tennesseans and Southerners disdained East Tennesseans for mingling and socializing with blacks, teaching the few slaves that were kept to read, and treating blacks as either equals or near equals. East Tennesseans were considered traitors by pro-slavery forces for not abiding by the strict social hierarchy the planter class put in place to protect and enrich itself through slavery and racism. When the war broke out, East Tennesseans were shot on sight as they tried to cross the border into Kentucky so that they could join the Union Army.

All of this is to say that the South is and always has been a diverse region. It’s never been unified or monolithic — not now, not pre-Civil war, not during the war, not ever. Even North Alabama and North Georgia had smaller hot spots that like East Tennessee were firmly pro-Union. Western North Carolina, W. Virginia, and Kentucky alongside many other towns and counties throughout the South share similar stories.

The South is NOT the Confederacy — a shameful period in our history that lasted only a few years. Rather, we are a proud, diverse (in both opinion and color), distinctive region of the United States with many stories tell.