Mid-South (region)
Region of the United States
Mid-South (region)
The Mid-South is an informally defined region of the United States in the Southern United States, usually thought to be anchored by the Memphis metropolitan area. Exact definitions vary widely and consist of at least West Tennessee, North Mississippi, Northeast Arkansas, Southern Missouri, and Missouri Bootheel at a minimum. The region is bordered by the Ozarks to the north and west, by Appalachia to the east, and the Deep South to the south. Although the region has no formally established boundaries, the designation has been used by various businesses and institutions generally operating in the region. In 1920, journalist C.P.J. Mooney equated the region with the Mississippi River Valley, centered in Memphis, and described by advocates as "the richest agricultural region in the world". Mooney delineated the region as "covering West Kentucky, West Tennessee, part of the Tennessee River Valley in Alabama, the northern half of Mississippi, the Eastern half of Arkansas and southeast Missouri...
Read on Wikipedia · Image Charles P. J. Mooney (1865-1926), Public domain
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