High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Culture of the Southern United States, or Southern Culture, is a subculture of the United States that is perhaps America`s most distinct, in the minds both of its residents and of those in other parts of the country. The combination of its unique history and the fact that many Southerners maintain—and even nurture—an identity separate from the rest of the country has led to its being the most studied and written about region of the United States.