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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.
West Virginia: Mountain State With the Appalachian Mountain system slicing through the state, West Virginia's entire landscape is defined by hills and majestic mountain ranges.
It serves the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. CSX's Huntington Division main office is in the historical former C&O passenger station in downtown Huntington. The building is home to the division's top managers, a centralized yardmasters and train dispatchers center, a freight car light repair shop, and a ...
An enlargeable map of the state of West Virginia. Names Common name: West Virginia. Pronunciation: / v ər ˈ dʒ ɪ n i ə / ⓘ Official name: State of West Virginia; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: WV; ISO 3166-2 code: US-WV; Internet second-level domain: .wv.us; Nicknames Mountain State (previously used on license plates ...
West Virginia is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 232 municipalities. ... Map of the United States with West Virginia highlighted. 2023 Rank ...
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]