God's Country

God's Country and God's Own Country are terms that have been used to describe various countries and regions around the world, usually areas that are sparsely populated, with wide expanses of nature.

God's Country and God's Own Country may also refer to:

Locations

• The expression's first known use is in "The History of England" written in 1718 by Laurence Echard and apparently referring to the Holy Land during the Crusades.
• A later use was to describe the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland by Edward du Bois, writing under the pseudonym "A Knight Errant" in 1807
• The Palouse in southeastern Washington and north central Idaho locally known as "Gods Country"
• Teton Mountain range in Wyoming is locally known as God's Country.
• New Zealand, strongly associated with the nickname "God's Own Country"
• Yorkshire, a county in England often nicknamed "God's Own County"
• Scotland, called God's Country by people born in Scotland or have ancestry to Scotland, but not by others
• South Boston, MA
• The Adelaide Hills region of South Australia*
• Kerala, a state in India also associated with the nickname "God's Own Country"
• Iowa, a state in the United States of America also known as "God's Country"
• Minster, Ohio, a town referred to by locals and tourists alike as "God's Country"
• Sutherland Shire, region in southern Sydney. Also known as "The Shire"
• North Carolina, locally known as "God's Country"
• North East of England, from the south of the region County Durham "land of the prince bishops" to the north of the region Northumberland,
• Stillwater, Oklahoma, locally known as "God's Country"
• Southeast Missouri, know throughout the Midwest as "God's Country" due to its beautiful agriculture fields stretching far and wide.
• In general, the term is used in the United States and elsewhere to refer to areas of wilderness. Most of the above uses described as being in the US are actually just instances of this general use.

Drama

• God's Country (1946 film), a Western film
• God's Country (1985 film), a documentary film
• God's Country (2011 film)
• God's Country, a 1988 play by Steven Dietz

Music

• God's Country, the closing song of the 1939 film adaptation of the musical, Babes in Arms (film).
• "In God's Country", a 1987 U2 song
• God's Country: George Jones and Friends, a 2006 tribute album, or the title song

Music Radio Network

• God's Country Radio Network, a 2008-2010 Christian music network