Like the rest of central and southern Appalachia , Appalachian Ohio was controlled by absentee extractive industries in the late 1800s and most of the 1900s , and today shares many of the cultural , political , and environmental problems of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia .
Like the rest of central and southern Appalachia , Appalachian Ohio was controlled by absentee owners of extractive industries in the late 1800s and most of the 1900s . 
 Today it shares many of the cultural , political , and environmental problems of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia .