Is Texas a Part of the South?

[InsaneApache]

That is not really the question. "Part of" not "in" was the question. There is a difference.

Second, which side Texas fought on in the ACW has only a small bearing on the matter today. Look at Florida. I wouldn't classify it as part of the South, yet in the ACW it was very much so. And it is as far south as Texas.

This is a cultural/political question, not straightforward geography.

Good point. However, my Step-mom comes from Jacksonville and she swears that Florida is as 'South' today as it ever was.

So how far north do they eat chitlins?

[drone]

Good point. However, my Step-mom comes from Jacksonville and she swears that Florida is as 'South' today as it ever was.

So how far north do they eat chitlins?

North Florida (Jacksonville, Tallahassee, etc.) is still pretty Southern (some might say redneck ). But south Florida is just a Northern US retirement community, or as I like to call it, God's Waiting Room.