What is "mid-south"

Mid-South may refer to:

• Mid-South (region), a region of the United States including portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Missouri
• East South Central States, a region of the United States
• Memphis metropolitan area, Tennessee, United States
• Mid-South Bible College, now Victory University, a Christian liberal-arts college in Memphis Tennessee
• Mid-South Coliseum, a multi-purpose arena in Memphis, Tennessee
• Mid-South Community College, a public community college in West Memphis, Arkansas
• Mid-South Conference, an American college athletics conference
• Mid South Conference (MHSAA), an American high school athletics conference in Michigan
• Mid-South District (LCMS) in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
• Mid-South District of the Unitarian Universalist Association
• Mid-South Fair, a fair formerly held in Memphis, Tennessee
• Mid-South Management Company, an American newspaper company
• Mid-South Pride, a LGBT non-profit association in Memphis, Tennessee
• MidSouth Rail Corporation, now part of the Kansas City Southern Railway
• Mid-South Wrestling, an American former professional wrestling promotion
• Midsouth FC, former name of Belizean football club Nizhee Corozal

The Mid-South is an informally-defined region in the United States, usually thought to be anchored by the Memphis metropolitan area and consisting of West Tennessee, North Mississippi, the Missouri Bootheel, Western Kentucky, Central and Northeast Arkansas, and Northwest Alabama.

Although the region has no formally established boundaries, the designation has been used by various businesses and institutions generally operating in the region. For example, Victory University, located in Memphis, was originally named the Mid-South Bible Center when it 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 in publication also.