Using a feminist geography framework, this qualitative study explores the first-year postsecondary experiences of Appalachian women through an interrogation of the ways in which they construct place and gender through their transition between two distinct geographic places: the home community and the university. A diversity of gender and place constructions, including: experiencing loss of home place identities; hiding Appalachian place identities; and resisting stereotypes about Appalachia-as-place. Further, some participants engaged in acts of affirmation or resistance to perceived dominant home community or University gender norms, while others actively resisted perceived dominant gender norms from both geographic places.