I'm sure it would. Where my dad grew up in S. Illinois fig trees were common. I'm sure once in a while you might get a winter cold enough to knock them back to the main wood or even the roots, but they regenerate quickly.

Yup, I agree with denninmi, you should have no problem. I have one brown turkey from a nursery and two black mission fig shrubs I grew from seed.

I've had very few fruit (I live at nearly 7,000 feet elevation with a somewhat short growing season and cool summer nights) and in the process realized I don't like figs fresh anyway. Tried to kill the plants by not providing any winter protection, even during record -23 degree F temps last winter, but they sprouted back from just above the ground and put on good growth this summer.

First winter is the hardest on figs, it may be worthwhile to cover them somehow. I like to plant figs about 3/1 so that they can grow before getting their first freeze

Jean,
I've had a number of figs, in-ground, here in western KY for 15 years. These are planted in exposed sites, out in my orchard. I don't provide any protection, and they freeze to the ground every winter, but re-grow, and sometimes ripen fruit before frost in the fall.
But, if planted in a 'protected' spot, or provided a modicum of protection, they probably wouldn't have to 'start over' every year.
I have a friend in Lexington who builds straw-bale 'houses' around his figs each winter, and they come through unscathed - that's just more trouble and expense than I'm willing to go to.
I've since rooted cuttings from most of mine, and just keep 'em in pots and stick them under the house in the unheated crawlspace from Thanksgiving until spring.
Brown Turkey should do OK - and if it's at a big box store, no one knows if it's really BT or not. Celeste/TN Mountain Fig, and Hardy Chicago *might* be better selections, but I wouldn't worry too much about selection 'til you see how a generic fig is gonna work for you.