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2. Appalachian Land Ownership Survey - Wikipedia

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   Private companies came to the Appalachian mountains to invest in the land with hopes to profit off of the resources. [3] For example, 93 percent of the land owners in West Virginia were absentee owners by the year 1810. [4] As of 1981, absentee owners in the Appalachian mountain regions own a total of 51 percent of the land. [5]

3. List of Appalachian Regional Commission counties - Wikipedia

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   The 3-year average unemployment rate for the Appalachian region in 2006-2008 was 5.2%. The region's per capita market income in 2007 was $24,360. The region's poverty rate was 13.6%. [1] Alabama's Appalachian counties led all states' Appalachian counties in unemployment (3.8%) and per capita market income ($27,723).

4. Social and economic stratification in Appalachia - Wikipedia

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   Television shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies (which did not depict an Appalachian family but did perpetuate poor-white stereotypes), which ran from 1962 to 1971, emerged along with The Andy Griffith Show and Hee Haw. All of these series featured ridicule and humor based around negative characteristics of rural, mountain peoples. [31]

5. This Historic Mountain Town Is North Carolina’s Best-Kept Secret

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   Located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, Murphy is a town where history runs deep and nature flourishes. ... Lay back in a rocking chair and take in views of the river from the property ...

6. Appalachian Mountains - Wikipedia

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   The mountain top removal method of coal mining, in which entire mountain tops are removed, is currently threatening vast areas and ecosystems of the Appalachian Mountain region. [31] The surface coal mining that started in the 1940s has significantly impacted the central Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky , Tennessee , Virginia and West Virginia.

7. Thousands of US communities forgo federal flood insurance - AOL

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   Property owners in non-participating municipalities can't buy federally backed flood insurance. ... decimating communities in North Carolina's largely rural Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountain ...

8. Encyclopedia of Appalachia - Wikipedia

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   The Encyclopedia of Appalachia is the first encyclopedia dedicated to the region, people, culture, history, and geography of Appalachia.The Region, as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, is a 205,000-square-mile area that follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi.

9. JD Vance's Appalachia controversy explained - AOL

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   The Appalachian Mountains runs along the eastern United States, extending from Mississippi to New York. The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of ...