West Virginia USA
US State of
West Virginia
 West
Virginia, E central state of the United States.
West Virginia
is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), Kentucky and
across the Ohio River, Ohio (W).
West Virginia is known as The Mountain State.
Time Zone: America New York (USA Eastern Time)
West Virginia Cities
Charleston is the capital and largest city; Huntington is the
second largest city, followed by Wheeling and Parkersburg.
West Virginia Facts
West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the American Civil
War (1861-1865) and was admitted to the Union as a separate state on June 20,
1863. West Virginia is the only state in the Union to have acquired
its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States. Statehood
was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, midway in the most bitter
chapter of American history--the Civil War. Only seven years later, West
Virginia's seat of government began travelling intermittently between Wheeling,
site of the inauguration of the state's first governor, and Charleston, the
choice for the state capital.
The US postal abbreviation for
West Virginia
is
WV.
The Census Bureau considers West Virginia part of the South,
because of the state being below the Mason-Dixon Line. While the USGS considers
it a Mid-Atlantic state.
West Virginia Websites
West Virginia Time West Virginia Flag West Virginia Map Buckhannon West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia Clarksburg West Virginia Elkins West Virginia Grafton West Virginia Lewisburg West Virginia New Martinsville W Virginia Parkersburg West Virginia Spencer West Virginia Summersville West Virginia West Virginia Yellow Pages
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Towns and Cities in
West Virginia
Beckley, West Virginia
Bluefield, West Virginia
Bridgeport, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Delbarton, West Virginia
Huntington, West Virginia
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia
Nutter Fort,
West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Philippi, West Virginia
Richwood, West Virginia
Salem, West Virginia
Shinnston, West Virginia
Spencer, West Virginia
St. Albans, West Virginia
Summersville, West Virginia
Weirton, West Virginia
White Hall, West Virginia
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