Southern United States

cultural region in the southeastern and south-central United States
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Summary

Southern United States is a cultural area[1]. It draws 17,128 Wikipedia views per month (cultural area category, ranking #2 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: United States census region[4], U.S. region[5]
  • Shares border with: Northern United States[6], Mid-Atlantic[7]
  • Location: United States[8]
  • Commons category: Southern United States[9]
  • Said to be the same as: Southeastern United States[10]
  • Has part(s): South Atlantic states[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Southern United States[12]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], Documenting the American South[14]
  • Nickname: Dixie[15]
  • Different from: Southeastern United States[16]
  • History of topic: history of the Southern United States[17]
  • Exact match: http://id.cabi.org/cabt/108760[18]
  • Economy of topic: economy of the Southern United States[19]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Southern United States include Southern strategy[20], a political strategy[21], in United States[22]; Southern Manifesto[23], a manifesto[24], in United States[25]; and Cadence Bank[26], a commercial bank[27], in United States[28], founded in 1876[29], headquartered in Tupelo[30].

Why It Matters

Southern United States has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Southern strategy[20], a political strategy[21], in United States[22]; Southern Manifesto[23], a manifesto[24], in United States[25]; and Cadence Bank[26], a commercial bank[27], in United States[28], founded in 1876[29], headquartered in Tupelo[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . www2.census.gov. Retrieved . www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . www2.census.gov. Retrieved . www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . docsouth.unc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Agricultural Concept Space. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global Agricultural Concept Space. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → South Atlantic states
    Different from → Southeastern United States
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: southern-states, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960476|southern states (#289960476)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
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