The South was a region of the southeastern United States of America.
In 1930, a federal government survey revealed an exodus of individuals from this region into the cities. A newspaper article about this survey, written by a journalist based in Washington, DC, was in a New York City newspaper. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
Charles Tucker III, who was from the Florida panhandle, was conceptualized as a southerner. [1] [2]
According to Jason Isaacs, Gabriel Lorca was also from the South, which influenced his personality. (SFX, issue 292, p. 82)