As an interdisciplinary topic, it can be difficult to find the correct keywords for finding information on rural America.
These lists - though not comprehensive - should start you on your research.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS
Rural African Americans
Rural areas
Rural children
Rural children--Education
Rural children--Mental Health--United States
Rural churches
Rural conditions
Rural crime
Rural development--Sociological aspects
Rural development--United States
Rural elderly
Rural elderly--United States--Social conditions
Rural families--United States
Rural families--Fiction
Rural health services--United States
Rural poor--United States
Rural renewal--United States
Rural schools--United States
Rural women--United States
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS
American literature--Ozark Mountains
Appalachian Region--Rural conditions--Fiction
Coal mines and mining--United States
Counseling in rural education--United States
Drug use--Rural Population
Education, Rural--Curricula--United States
Education, Rural--Social aspects--United States
Education, Rural--United States
Enterprise zones--Rural--United States
Farmers--United States
FICTION / Small Town & Rural
Housing, Rural--Government policy--United States
Indian reservations--United States
Medicine, Rural--United States
Police, Rural--United States
Social Service, Rural--United States
Sociology, Rural--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Sociology, Rural--United States
United States--Rural conditions
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