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West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 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 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]
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 ...
West Virginia Governor's Mansion; West Virginia Penitentiary; West Virginia wine; Wheeling station (West Virginia) White House Farm (Jefferson County, West Virginia) White Top; William Miles Tiernan House; Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House; Wood County Courthouse (West Virginia) User:Sesh/Democratic Party Presidential Primaries 2008; View more links ...
View west along US 30 at WV 8 in Lawrenceville U.S. Route 30 ( US 30 ) is the portion of the United States Numbered Highway System that travels east–west across the state of West Virginia along what was previously West Virginia Route 79 (WV 79).
Map of West Virginia (click on map to see larger image) Module:Location map/data/USA West Virginia is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of West Virginia. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
West end of I-64 overlap; access only from US 60 east to I-64 east and from I-64 west to US 60 west; I-64 exit 181 176.9: 284.7: WV 311 south – Crows: Interchange; Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; northern terminus of WV 311; I-64 exit 183 177.8: 286.1: I-64 east / US 60 east – Lexington: Continuation into Virginia
Lyscum Elbert Crowson (1903-1993), Methodist minister, leader of West Virginia's 1960s movement against bars and saloons. Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932), Missouri congressman who popularized the "Show Me State" nickname, was born near Moorefield.