The earliest known usage of the term "Bible Belt" was by American journalist and social commentator H. L. Mencken, who in 1924 wrote in the Chicago Daily Tribune: "The old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out in the Bible Belt."
Det tidigaste kända användandet av begreppet är då amerikanske journalisten H. L. Mencken 1924 skrev Chicago Daily Tribune: "The old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out in the Bible Belt."