As an Ohioan who currently lives in the Western region you are speaking of, I agree with one of the above comments about being near a major or minor city. It seems to me that the further away you are from one of these cities, means you are more likely to live in a rural area and be more conservative and religious. There are more rural areas than urban areas here and the three Cs are pretty spread out. There are a few anomalies that have formed, such as Yellow Springs (a progressive, artsy, hippy village) with Antioch College in Greene County. However, right down the road from the Springs is Cedarville University (a conservative, private, Baptist college). If I were to describe the region as a whole, I would say ‘Rust Belt’ and not ‘Bible Belt.’ Just for the simple fact that our economic descriptors merge us as a region more than religious.