Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 39 Appalachians 34 straddles 34 Appalachia 33 Appalachian 33 hillbilly 33 Nestled 32 panhandle 31 economically depressed 30 Piedmont 30 Morganton 30 Elkin 30 backwoods 29 Blue Ridge 29 Asheville 29 Located 28 Situated 28 headwaters 28 Paducah 28 undeveloped 28 located 28 strategically located 28 River Gorge 28 situated 27 adjoins 27 southwest 27 Pikeville 27 Raleigh 27 Greensboro 27 Monongahela 27 Macon 27 southeastern 27 Pigeon Forge 27 Charleston 27 miles southeast 27 Knoxville 27 westernmost 26 eastern 26 Tennessee 26 Panhandle 26 Blairsville 26 Carolinas 26 nestled 26 north 26 northwest 26 coal mining 26 West Virginia 26 Greenbrier 26 Winston Salem 26 straddling 26 Great Smoky Mountains 26 Barboursville 26 Beckley 26 Mountains 26 east 25 North Carolina 25 divides 25 Richmond Va. 25 W.Va. 25 Marcellus shale 25 northeast 25 southwestern 25 Southwestern 25 western 25 foothills 25 Mount Airy 25 Huntington 25 southeast 25 Boiling Springs 25 Chesapeake 25 Asheville NC 25 west 25 Lynchburg 25 bluegrass 25 northwestern 25 Hartsville 25 Morgantown 25 Fayette County 25 Mingo 25 Sevier County 24 coalbed methane 24 adjacent 24 Bluefield 24 Watauga 24 Civil War era 24 miles northeast 24 Transylvania 24 Gallatin 24 south 24 contiguous 24 Roane County 24 mountains 24 Greenville SC 24 McMinn 24 conveniently located 24 Permian Basin 24 Hendersonville 24 Clarksville 24 meanders 23 Cabell 23 centrally located 23 Cherokee