About the OACHE
Appalachia is a 200,000-square-mile region that follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi. It includes all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The region was defined by the federal government in the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. Learn more about the 13-state Appalachian region at http://www.arc.gov.
Appalachian Ohio is comprised of 29 counties. Covering 14,299 square miles, it is home to nearly 13 percent of Ohio’s population.
- Adams
- Athens
- Belmont
- Brown
- Carroll
- Clermont
- Columbiana
- Coshocton
- Gallia
- Guernsey
- Harrison
- Highland
- Hocking
- Holmes
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lawrence
- Meigs
- Monroe
- Morgan
- Muskingum
- Noble
- Perry
- Pike
- Ross
- Scioto
- Tuscarawas
- Vinton
- Washington
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