This is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis: A Different Sort of U. S. County Map

November 09, 2004

A Different Sort of U. S. County Map

Although I'm fasting from politics for a bit, I'm still fascinated by these county maps. Here's one of the percentage of Orthodox vis a vis the county population:

[From here--scroll down to Eastern Orthodox. By going to this link, you can click on the image to enlarge it.]

Posted by Clifton at November 9, 2004 06:30 AM | TrackBack

Comments

That is cool.

What intrigues me is the concentration in South Alaska. Is there any ethnic or population group that causes that?

peace

Posted by: justin at November 9, 2004 07:19 AM

The simple answer is that America bought Alaska from Russia. Russia, remember, has a strong Orthodox Tradition. Moreover, they were active in converting local tribes, who, of course, didn't leave when the Americans took over.

You can read more at http://www.oca.org/pages/orth_chri/Orthodox-Church-Introduction/North-America-1794-1994/The-Alaskan-Mission.html
and
http://www.alaskanchurch.org/

Posted by: Paul at November 9, 2004 08:27 AM

Duh!

I should have thought of that. Thanks. I posted the question before my coffee this morning.

Thanks Paul

Posted by: justin at November 9, 2004 08:40 AM