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DescriptionCounties included in Appalachia map.svg	English: Counties included in the cultural definition of Appalachia: Always included in Appalachia Usually included in Appalachia Sometimes included in Appalachia Rarely included in Appalachia Physically contains the Appalachian Mountains or associated features; not culturally Appalachian The blue dotted line shows the counties included in the w:Appalachian Regional Commission definition Cities (labeled with dots) are only for reference and are not meant to represent all major cities Source: from the Mapping Appalachia (https://mapappalachia.geography.vt.edu/about-2/) interactive map viewer: https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=67230740ae2641e9828e48f531cce9a6&extent=-103.5955,26.1117,-60.1995,46.6462 The ten cultural definitions were used: 1896 Berea by William G. Frost and C. Willard Hayes, 1918 Berea Catalog, 1935 USDA Small Region, 1935 USDA Full Region, 1962 Ford Region, 1994 Salstrom, 2002 Core Appalachia from Williams, 1996 Consensus Appalachia from Williams, 1996 Loose Appalachia from Williams If a county appears in all the definitions, it is marked "always considered", if it appears in at least 6, it is marked "usually considered", if it appears in at least 2, it is marked "sometimes considered", and if it appears in only 1, it is marked "rarely considered"
Date	13 May 2023
Source	Own work
Author	Leviavery

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:32, 24 February 2024	388 × 417 (1.72 MB)	Brooklaika	Remade the county map in-line with the first half of the description (no original research). While I agree Ohio and Pennsylvania are parts of Appalachia that is not what the sources say
	12:49, 18 July 2023	388 × 417 (1.72 MB)	WWWHHHHYYYYYY	Oops. Didn't remove the outline on one last label. It should be fixed now.
	12:46, 18 July 2023	388 × 417 (1.72 MB)	WWWHHHHYYYYYY	Goofed the last file with outlines on the text
	12:31, 18 July 2023	388 × 417 (1.72 MB)	WWWHHHHYYYYYY	Updated ARC boundaries - Union County, SC plus Cleveland and Catawba Counties, NC are now part of the ARC. 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. Additionally, I have highlighted counties in white...
	19:02, 15 May 2023	388 × 417 (1.66 MB)	Leviavery	Scale and text to path
	18:57, 15 May 2023	259 × 278 (1.51 MB)	Leviavery	Pittsburg -> Pittsburgh
	19:41, 13 May 2023	259 × 278 (1.52 MB)	Leviavery	Ashville -> Asheville
	13:53, 13 May 2023	259 × 278 (1.64 MB)	Leviavery	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard