Referenced In

"My territory is Savannah, Georgia, and North and South Carolina."

The Barbarian Nurseries
by Héctor Tobar

"All the way on the other side is Carolina. Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur."

The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen

"but most were dispatched far away to states whose names we could not wrap our tongues around: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina, and so on."