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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency. Bluefield – Nature's Air Conditioned City [3] Charleston – Chemicalville [4] Fairmont – The Gymnastics Capital of West Virginia [4] Petersburg – Home of the Golden Trout [5]
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
The name derived from Virginia being the first overseas dominion of English royalty. Virginia has several monikers, including the Mother of Presidents and Mother of States, but The Old Dominion ...
West Virginia is located in the Appalachian Mountains. Zack Frank/Shutterstock It is the only state located completely within the Appalachian Mountains which is why it was given such a nickname.
West Virginia is called "The Mountain State" due to its mountainous terrain, with the Appalachian Mountains covering a significant portion of the state. James Neal/istockphoto Wisconsin: The ...
West Virginia's nickname is known as the "Mountain State" due to its landscape being largely covered by the Appalachian Mountains. Prehistory 1715 Nicolas de Fer map ...
Virginia: Virginian Washington: Washingtonian West Virginia: West Virginian Mountaineer Wisconsin: Wisconsinite Badger, [59] Cheesehead, [60] [61] Sconnie, [62] Wisconsonian, Wisconsese Wyoming: Wyomingite Wyomese, [63] Wyomingian Spanish: wyominguita [64]