Is Kentucky a Southern state

[Samof94]

Would you consider it a Southern state given it was never Confederate but did have a plantation based economy?

[King of Kensington]

Of the border states (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia), Kentucky is by far the most southern.

[Roll Roons]

Yes. Don’t forget that it was originally part of Virginia and most of its first white settlers were from there.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Yes, obviously.

[TDAS04]

Was Colonel Sanders Southern?

[King of Kensington]

Is New Jersey a Northeastern state?

[wnwnwn]

The BLUEGRASS state

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Yes, it's certainly part of the South, but it always feels slightly less Southern than Tennessee does to me.

[Skill and Chance]

Yes, unambiguously.  It only got more culturally Southern after the Civil War ended.

[Goldwater]

What region would it be part of otherwise? Midwest?

[Alben Barkley]

No one who's actually been here would ever ask this question lol. The accents alone give it away.

[Alben Barkley]

Of the border states (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia), Kentucky is by far the most southern.

It's even more Southern than actual Confederate states Virginia and Florida at least.

[🇺🇦 Purple 🦄 Unicorn 🇮🇱]

For me, it's clearly part of the South.

[Bismarck]

Yes unquestionably. There is some midwestern influence in northern KY but it’s for sure a southern state.

[Electric Circus]

Amusing lecture on this topic (although it doesn't answer the question directly):

Sharing this not so much in agreement as because it's a perspective that sheds some light on the muddling of Southern identity with agrarian traditions from other regions of the United States.

[Vosem]

Yes, my typical definition of the South which I've used in comparing and contrasting American regions is "the eleven Confederate states plus Kentucky".

[Del Tachi]

Yes, and who is even saying otherwise?

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

Yes and No, it's a border state and always has been.

[Samof94]

No one who's actually been here would ever ask this question lol. The accents alone give it away.

They built those statues after the war anyway.

[Gass3268]

There are some Midwestern influences in the counties south of Cincinnati and Louisville has a hybrid vibe, but the rest of the state is unequivocally the South.

[It’s so Joever]

Everywhere except areas along the Ohio river.

[President Johnson]

Was Colonel Sanders Southern?

Wait, Bernie served in the military and is actually from the South?

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Yes, my typical definition of the South which I've used in comparing and contrasting American regions is "the eleven Confederate states plus Kentucky".

I would throw in Oklahoma too.

[TDAS04]

Yes, my typical definition of the South which I've used in comparing and contrasting American regions is "the eleven Confederate states plus Kentucky".

I would throw in Oklahoma too.

Agreed. Oklahoma goes where Texas goes.

Plus West Virginia, if only because it fits much better in the South than in the Midwest or Northeast, and is thus at least “plurality Southern,” or something like that.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Yes, it's certainly part of the South, but it always feels slightly less Southern than Tennessee does to me.

Well I’d expect that to be the case.