In the U.S. state of Oklahoma , Eastern Oklahoma is an amorphous area roughly defined as east of Oklahoma City and/or east of I-35 . The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation established regional designations for the various parts of the state: Red Carpet Country (Northwest, being the Panhandle and North Central), Green Country (Northeast). Frontier Country (Central), Choctaw Country (Southeast), Chickasaw Country (South Central), and Great Plains Country (Southwest). Eastern Oklahoma would certainly include Green Country and Choctaw Country , but depending on the exact definition might include eastern parts of Red Carpet Country (those portions of Kay and Noble counties east of I-35), Frontier Country ( Payne , Lincoln , Pottawatomie , Seminole , Okfuskee and Hughes counties), and most of Chickasaw Country ( Pontotoc , Johnston , and Marshall counties, plus those portions of Garvin , Murray , Carter , and Love counties east of I-35).
5-592: Eastern Oklahoma is generally considered an extension of the Mid-South and the Upland South . 35°N 96°W / 35°N 96°W / 35; -96 This Oklahoma state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mid-South (region) The Mid-South is an informally-defined region of the United States , usually thought to be anchored by
10-591: The Memphis metropolitan area . Exact definitions vary widely and consist of at least West Tennessee , North Mississippi , Northeast Arkansas , and the Missouri Bootheel at a minimum. Western Kentucky , Arkansas, Middle Tennessee , Southern Missouri, Northwest Alabama , and even Eastern Oklahoma are also usually included. The region is bordered by the Ozarks to the north and west, by Appalachia to
15-607: The east, and the Deep South to the south. Although the region has no formally established boundaries, the designation has been used by various businesses and institutions generally operating in the region. In 1920, journalist C.P.J. Mooney equated the region with the Mississippi River Valley , centered in Memphis, and described by advocates as "the richest agricultural region in the world". Mooney delineated
20-684: The region as "covering West Kentucky, West Tennessee, part of the Tennessee River Valley in Alabama, the northern half of Mississippi, the Eastern half of Arkansas and southeast Missouri". Southern Illinois (especially Cairo , shown on the map) and Southwestern Indiana are also occasionally included in this region. Victory University , located in Memphis, was originally named the Mid-South Bible Center when it
25-571: Was incorporated in 1944, and was thereafter renamed to the Mid-South Bible Institute in 1948, and to the Mid-South Bible College in 1960. From 1981 to 1987, a Mid-South Business Journal was also in publication. The Mid-South Conference is an NAIA sports conference with member schools in the region. 35°30′N 89°00′W / 35.5°N 89°W / 35.5; -89 This article about
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