Southern facts for kids

Southern is the adjective form of south. It may refer to:

Education

• Southern University, a university in the U.S. state of Louisiana
• Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee, United States
• Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Southern High School, various schools

Organisations

• Southern Railway (disambiguation), various railways
• Southern Airways, a defunct airline
• Southern Air, an airline based in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
• Southern Company, a U.S. electricity corporation
• Southern Records, an independent record label
• Southern Television, a now defunct UK television company
• Southern (train operating company), current train operator for some services in Southern England.

Surname

• Caleb Southern, American music producer
• Edwin Southern, molecular biologist
• Eileen Southern, American musicologist
• Jeri Southern, American jazz pianist and singer
• Keith Southern, English association football player for Blackpool F.C.
• Richard Southern (1903–1989), British theatre designer
• R. W. Southern (1912–2001), British medieval historian
• Sarah Southern, British businesswoman and former Conservative Party official
• Steve Southern, Australian professional rugby player
• Terry Southern, American writer

Sports

• Southern 500, a NASCAR car race
• Southern 500 (1950-2004), a former NASCAR race
• Southern Conference, a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
• Southern Jaguars, the athletic program of the main campus of Southern University
• Southern League, various sports leagues

Geographic locations

• Southern Hemisphere
• Southern Ocean, the waters surrounding Antarctica
• Southern United States
• Southern (country subdivision)