Organizational Defining
In addition to various media definitions, Southwestern Indiana is also defined by most Indiana state agencies as well as various commercial and economic regions as an entire area. All but three of Southwestern Indiana's counties are in Indiana's 8th Congressional District with the rest being in the 9th. Most of Southwestern Indiana exists in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville and Vincennes as well. Southwestern Indiana makes up realtor region 12 in Indiana, while nine of the counties make up Economic Growth Region 11 with Daviess and Martin in Region 8.
In addition, the southern third of Southwestern Indiana exists within the Ohio River Valley American Viticultural Area, the second largest wine appellation in the United States. The Ohio River Vallley AVA occupies all of Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties, nearly 90% of Gibson County and portions of Pike and Dubois Counties in Southwestern Indiana.
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