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The blue dotted line encloses the counties included in the ARC definition.. The first major attempt to map Appalachia as a distinctive cultural region came in the 1890s with the efforts of Berea College president William Goodell Frost, whose "Appalachian America" included 194 counties in 8 states.
Additionally expanded counties which may be included in Appalachia, reflecting the Little Cities of Black Diamonds which are locally identified as Appalachian. Pittsburg's nickname, the Paris of Appalachia, in addition to sources which I will add this file, means Pittsburgh could be considered as part of Appalachia in certain scenarios.
The Appalachian Mountains are a barrier to east–west travel, as they form a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most highways and railroads running east–west. This barrier was extremely important in shaping the expansion of the United States in the colonial era. [10]
A map of the Appalachian Mountains and the Great Appalachian Valley, stretching from Quebec in the north to Alabama in the south. The Great Appalachian Valley, also called The Great Valley or Great Valley Region, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America.
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The word "Allegheny" was once commonly used to refer to the whole of what are now called the Appalachian Mountains. John Norton used it (spelled variously) around 1810 to refer to the mountains in Tennessee and Georgia. [2] Around the same time, Washington Irving proposed renaming the United States either "Appalachia" or "Alleghania". [3]
Name Sub-range Type Administrative location Highest point Elevation (meter) Coordinate location Adams Mountain: Blue Ridge Mountains: mountain: Caldwell County, North Carolina