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I'd say it passes through between Carbondale and Cairo in Little Egypt.
Well Alexander County, Illinois is southern (Cairo is located in Alexander County). Cotton was actually grown there in the past. The southernmost 3 counties in Illinois are the only ones that I would consider to really be a majority of southern culture. (Alexander, Pulaski and Massac). Southern Illinois as a whole has southern influences, however. In the summertime I spend alot of time over in Alexander County (great spot for bowfishin when it floods) and you'll hear the same accents you hear in the upper bootheel of Missouri and the surrounding areas in the purchase region of Kentucky. I see rebel flags over there alot as well.
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Well Alexander County, Illinois is southern (Cairo is located in Alexander County). Cotton was actually grown there in the past. The southernmost 3 counties in Illinois are the only ones that I would consider to really be a majority of southern culture. (Alexander, Pulaski and Massac). Southern Illinois as a whole has southern influences, however. In the summertime I spend alot of time over in Alexander County (great spot for bowfishin when it floods) and you'll hear the same accents you hear in the upper bootheel of Missouri and the surrounding areas in the purchase region of Kentucky. I see rebel flags over there alot as well.
Isn't it amazing that Clarksdale, MS, the 'home' of the blues is so near the state that Chicago is in?
Believe it or not half of the state of Oregon was south of the Mason-Dixon line.. It is just that the line makes a jump over several territories and restarts in Oregon.. Southern Oregon /Northern Cali was officially the State of Jefferson.
Isn't it amazing that Clarksdale, MS, the 'home' of the blues is so near the state that Chicago is in?
Probably weird to most. I've lived in Cape Girardeau County my whole life so I'm used to it. It is also weird to some people that the bootheel is about an hour away from Mississippi, and that the people down there get their news from Jonesboro, Arkansas or Memphis rather than Cape Girardeau. When I think of Missouri, the thoughts that come to mind to me are probably not what 95% of the other people from Missouri think of. It never crossed my mind when I was young that most of the state wasn't like SE Missouri. Whenever we'd go to Kentucky Lake or Nashville or any places like that I always felt right at home but most of Missouri is actually in contrast to Kentucky and Tennessee.
Missouri and Kentucky are definitely below the mason dixon line because of their standing as slave states and southern culture.
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