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Counties of Appalachia

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Regions of Appalachia
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Counties of Appalachia

Five Regions of Appalachia

The following tables show the 423 counties over 13 states that are considered part of Appalachia today.[1]

The Appalachia Project is organized into Regional Teams. Appalachia has five regions, which are defined by counties, rather than states, so a project member might belong to more than one Regional Team, even if focusing on only one state. Click the Team links below to go to the Team page; the state links go to the table of counties on this page.

Regional Teams
  1. Northern Appalachia Team (Team category)
    Maryland
    New York
    Ohio
    Pennsylvania
    West Virginia (Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio)[2]
  2. North Central Appalachia Team (Team category)
    Ohio
    West Virginia
  3. Central Appalachia Team (Team category)
    Kentucky
    Tennessee
    Virginia
    West Virginia (Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, Wayne, Wyoming)[2][3]
  4. South Central Appalachia Team (Team category)
    North Carolina
    Tennessee
    Virginia
  5. Southern Appalachia Team (Team category)
    Alabama
    Georgia
    Mississippi
    South Carolina
Appalachia Counties by State
  1. Alabama
  2. Georgia
  3. Kentucky
  4. Maryland
  5. Mississippi
  6. New York
  7. North Carolina
  8. Ohio
  9. Pennsylvania
  10. South Carolina
  11. Tennessee
  12. Virginia
  13. West Virginia (Virginia -> WV in 1863)
Counties followed by (d) represent counties that are now defunct. - and need research to determine if they should be listed. The additional "defunct" counties are from the tables created by WikiTree's United States Project (here).

Alabama

Of Alabama's 67 counties,[4] 37 are in Appalachia.[1]
Alabama Appalachians
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37[4] out of 67[1] Alabama County Categories, +9 defunct counties[5]
Baker (d)[5] Benton (d)[5] Bibb Baine (d)[5] Blount Cahawba (d)[5]
Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Clay Cleburne
Colbert Coosa Cotaco (d)[5] Cullman DeKalb Decatur (d)[5]
Elk (d)[5] Elmore Etowah Fayette Franklin Hale
Jackson Jefferson Jones (d)[5] Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence
Limestone Macon Madison Marion Marshall Morgan
Pickens Randolph Sanford (d)[5] Shelby St. Clair Talladega
Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Winston

Georgia

Of Georgia's 159 counties,[6] 37 are in Appalachia.[1]
Georgia Appalachians
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37[1] out of 159[6] Georgia County Categories (+1 historic county)
Banks Barrow Bartow Carroll Cass (1832-1861)[7] Catoosa
Chattooga Cherokee Dade Dawson Douglas Elbert
Fannin Floyd Forsyth Franklin Gilmer Gordon
Gwinnett Habersham Hall Haralson Hart Heard
Jackson Lumpkin Madison Murray Paulding Pickens
Polk Rabun Stephens Towns Union Walker
White Whitfield

Kentucky

Of Kentucky's 120 counties,[8] 54 are in Appalachia.[1]
Kentucky Appalachians
Virginia Appalachians (pre-Kentucky, see details here)
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54[1] out of 120[8] Kentucky County Categories
Adair Bath Bell Boyd Breathitt Carter
Casey Clark Clay Clinton Cumberland Edmonson
Elliott Estill Fleming Floyd Garrard Green
Greenup Harlan Hart Jackson Johnson Knott
Knox Laurel Lawrence Lee Leslie Letcher
Lewis Lincoln Madison Magoffin Martin McCreary
Menifee Metcalfe Monroe Montgomery Morgan Nicholas
Owsley Perry Pike Powell Pulaski Robertson
Rockcastle Rowan Russell Wayne Whitley Wolfe

Maryland

Of Maryland's 24 counties,[9] 3 are in Appalachia.[1]
Maryland Appalachians
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3[1] out of 24[9] Maryland County Categories
Allegany Garrett Washington

Mississippi

Of Mississippi's 82 counties,[10] 24 are in Appalachia.[1]
Mississippi Appalachians
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24[1] out of 82[10] Mississippi County Categories
Alcorn Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Choctaw Clay
Itawamba Kemper Lee Lowndes Marshall Monroe
Montgomery Noxubee Oktibbeha Panola Pontotoc Prentiss
Tippah Tishomingo Union Webster Winston Yalobusha

New York

Of New York's 62 counties,[11] 14 are in Appalachia.[1]
New York Appalachians
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14[1] of 62[11] New York County Categories
Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Chautauqua Chemung
Chenango Cortland Delaware Otsego Schoharie
Schuyler Steuben Tioga Tompkins

North Carolina

Of North Carolina's 100 counties,[12] 31 are in Appalachia.[1]
North Carolina Appalachians (people profiles)
Workspace for Appalachia Project - North Carolina (includes links to existing space pages)
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31[1] out of 100[12] North Carolina County Categories
Alexander Alleghany Ashe Avery Buncombe Burke
Caldwell Catawba Cherokee Clay Cleveland Davie
Forsyth Graham Haywood Henderson Jackson Macon
Madison McDowell Mitchell Polk Rutherford Stokes
Surry Swain Transylvania Tryon Watauga Wilkes
Yadkin Yancey

Ohio

Of Ohio's 88 counties,[13] 32 are in Appalachia.[1]
Ohio Appalachians
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32[1] out of 88[13] Ohio County Categories
Adams Ashtabula Athens Belmont Brown Carroll
Clermont Columbiana Coshocton Gallia Guernsey Harrison
Highland Hocking Holmes Jackson Jefferson Lawrence
Mahoning Meigs Monroe Morgan Muskingum Noble
Perry Pike Ross Scioto Trumbull Tuscarawas
Vinton Washington

Pennsylvania

Of Pennsylvania's 67 counties,[14] 52 are in Appalachia.[1]
Pennsylvania Appalachians
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52[1] out of 67[14] Pennsylvania County Categories
Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Bedford Blair Bradford
Butler Cambria Cameron Carbon Centre Clarion
Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Elk Erie
Fayette Forest Fulton Greene Huntingdon Indiana
Jefferson Juniata Lackawanna Lawrence Luzerne Lycoming
McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montour Northumberland
Perry Pike Potter Schuylkill Snyder Somerset
Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren
Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming

South Carolina

Of South Carolina's 46 counties,[15] 7 are in Appalachia.[1]
South Carolina Appalachians
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7[1] out of 46[15] South Carolina County Categories, +7 defunct counties[5]
Anderson Cherokee Granville (d)[5] Greenville
Lewisburg (d)[5] Liberty (d)[5] Oconee Orange (d)[5]
Pickens Salem (d)[5] Spartanburg
Union Winton (d)[5] Winyah (d)[5]

Tennessee

Of Tennessee's 95 counties,[16] 52 are in Appalachia.[1]
Tennessee Appalachians
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52[1] out of 95[16] Tennessee County Categories (+1 historic county)
Anderson Bledsoe Blount Bradley Campbell Cannon
Carter Claiborne Clay Cocke Coffee Cumberland
DeKalb Fentress Franklin Grainger Greene Grundy
Hamblen Hamilton Hancock Hawkins Jackson James
(1871-1919)
Jefferson Johnson Knox Lawrence Lewis Loudon
Macon Marion McMinn Meigs Monroe Morgan
Overton Pickett Polk Putnam Rhea Roane
Scott Sequatchie Sevier Smith Sullivan Unicoi
Union Van Buren Warren Washington White

Virginia

Of Virginia's 133 counties,[17] 25 are in Appalachia.[1]
Virginia Appalachians[18]
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25[1] out of 133[17] Virginia County Categories
Alleghany Bath Bland Botetourt Buchanan
Carroll Craig Dickenson Floyd Giles
Grayson Henry Highland Lee Montgomery
Patrick Pulaski Rockbridge Russell Scott
Smyth Tazewell Washington Wise Wythe
8 Virginia Independent City Categories[1][19]
Bristol, Virginia Buena Vista, Virginia Covington, Virginia Galax, Virginia
Lexington, Virginia Martinsville, Virginia Norton, Virginia Radford, Virginia

West Virginia

Of West Virginia's 55 counties, all are in Appalachia.[1]
West Virginia Appalachians and
Virginia Appalachians[18] (in the area that is now West Virginia when it was still Virginia, pre-1863)
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On 20 June 1863, 50 Virginia counties were admitted to the Union as West Virginia. Category pages for those counties - both pre- and post-secession - are listed below.[20] Today, West Virginia has 55 counties.[1] The categories for the additional five counties are in the following table, followed by the paired post-1776 Virginia & West Virginia (post-1863) categories.
West Virginia County Categories
(Five New Counties Created after 1863)
Grant Lincoln Mineral Mingo Summers
County Categories - Paired VA & WV
(Virginia post-1776 - pre-1863 & West Virginia post-1863)

Va.
Barbour
Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
Brooke
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Gilmer
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Lewis
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Mason
McDowell

West Va.
Barbour
Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
Brooke
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Gilmer
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Lewis
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Mason
McDowell
Va.
Mercer
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
Nicholas
Ohio
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh
Randolph
Ritchie
Roane
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wayne
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming
West Va.
Mercer
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
Nicholas
Ohio
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh
Randolph
Ritchie
Roane
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wayne
Webster
Wetzel
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming

Footnotes
  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 As listed by the Appalachian Regional Commission (here) as of 30 June 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia's article on West Virginia has an 1861 map of the counties that "Voted on Statehood for West Virginia" (accessed 1 July 2022).
  3. In 1861, Lincoln and Mingo counties did not exist. Lincoln County was created from Cabell County and Mingo County was created from Logan County. (Compare the 1861 map with the map of regions on this page.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mississippi Counties by Population, accessed 25 December 2022.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 The county no longers exists. Research is needed to determine whether it was in Appalachia or not.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Georgia Counties by Population, accessed 23 December 2022.
  7. Cass County, created in 1832, was renamed in 1861 (Bartow County).
  8. 8.0 8.1 Kentucky Counties by Population, accessed 25 December 2022.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Maryland Counties by Population, accessed 25 December 2022.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Mississippi Counties by Population, accessed 24 December 2022.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Wikipedia: List of counties in New York, accessed 25 December 2022.
  12. 12.0 12.1 NCpedia: Counties, accessed 24 December 2022.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Ohio Counties by Population, accessed 23 December 2022.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Pennsylvania Counties by Population, accessed 24 December 2022.
  15. 15.0 15.1 South Carolina Association of Counties, accessed 25 December 2022.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Tennessee Counties by Population, accessed 23 December 2022.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Virginia Counties by Population, accessed 25 December 2022.
  18. 18.0 18.1 Note that Virginia location categories distinguish between USA and pre-USA counties. See the county categories under Category: Virginia Colony (before 4 July 1776) and Category: Virginia (for logistical purposes, such as categorization, WikiTree uses 4 July 1776 as the start date for USA). The 50 counties that became West Virginia on 20 June 1863 have Virginia county categories that should be used before that date (see the table under West Virginia above). See also the Virginia Project's County table.
  19. The Appalachian Regional Commission includes the independent cities with "an adjacent or surrounding county for the purposes of data analysis and grant management: Bristol (Washington County), Buena Vista (Rockbridge County), Covington (Alleghany County), Galax (Carroll County), Lexington (Rockbridge County), Martinsville (Henry County), Norton (Wise County), and Radford (Montgomery County)". ~ ARC (accessed 30 June 2022)
  20. From the Virginia Project's Virginia Counties and Parishes (accessed 30 June 2022).




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Just a crazy thought - could the number of total counties for each state be added to the table headings?

For example, the heading for Ohio could say "32 (of 88) Ohio County Categories."

I just think that would be useful information for viewers not currently "in the know!"

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posted by Lindy Jones
I'll put that higher on my to-do list. I had added it but it got buried. (Figuring out the numbers of Appalachian counties for each region when a state's counties were covered by more than one region... see the tables on Space: South Central Appalachia Team - e.g., North Carolina is 31 of 31 but Tennessee is 32 out of 58 - took me a LOT of research with the ARC map & the state maps and a magnifying glass ... doesn't help that mathing's hard LOL.)

Thanks for the reminder!

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Great idea Lindy especially since Georgia has 159 Counties! :)
posted by Sandy (Craig) Patak
Done! Thanks Lindy!

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett