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West Virginia (1871). [3] [4] The West Virginia Constitution was ratified in 1872, replacing the state constitution created in 1863 when West Virginia became a state. [5] Article 9, Section 8, of the West Virginia Constitution permits the creation of additional counties if a majority of citizens in the proposed new county vote for its creation ...
The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [11])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...
The city of Huntington, West Virginia, contains many neighborhoods, ranging from planned communities to historic wards. There is no uniform standard for what constitutes an individual neighborhood within the city; however, the city of Huntington does recognize a list of 12 neighborhood associations that encompass broadly recognized regions.
2023 Rank City Type 2023 Estimate [1] 2020 Census Change County 1: Charleston †† City 46,838 48,864 −4.15%: Kanawha: 2: Huntington † City 45,325 46,842
The following is a list of the U.S. state of West Virginia's state agencies. Departments and agencies. West Virginia Department of Administration;
This is a list of Superfund sites in West Virginia designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contamination. [1]
By the 1860 United States census, Berkeley, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Kanawha, and Monroe counties consequently had the largest populations of slaves in present-day West Virginia. [8] The economic and political differences between western and eastern Virginia began to grow.
The Bureau identified 169 CDPs in the state of West Virginia at the 2010 census. The Municipal Code of West Virginia, which governs incorporation, requires applicant municipal corporations (places for incorporation) that cover an area more than 1 square mile (2.6 km 2 ) to have a minimum of 500 inhabitants or freeholders per square mile, and ...