Lakeminite

1. Name given to the camp or pocket of Melungeon people who migrated out of Appalachia along the Hillbilly Highway to the Great Lakes region of the American Rust Belt during the Autoboom or the Great Appalachian Migration.

2. An enrolled member of the Great Lakes Melungeon Nation

The Lakeminite people make delicious corn pone!

by Ketzy July 20, 2022

laminites

The people who live and play in picture frames at the store, before you take them out and out your personal photos in.

Check out how happy these Laminites look in this 3 x 5. I bet they actually hate their lives.

by BamaBound December 20, 2017

Lakeminites

Descendants of Melungeon families who emigrated to the Midwest during the Great Depression on the "Hillbilly Highway"

My family is from Michigan but we're Lakeminites with our roots in Appalachia.

by Teegarden Roses May 11, 2025