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  2. History of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    "The View from the Border: West Virginia Republicans and Women's Rights in the Age of Emancipation," West Virginia History, Spring2009, Vol. 3 Issue 1, pp 57–80, 1861–1870 era Gerofsky, Milton. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II," West Virginia History 6 (July 1945); Part I, 295–360, 7 (October 1945): Part II, 5–39,

  3. Administrative divisions of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The administrative divisions of Virginia are the areas into which the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state, is divided for political and administrative purposes. Some are local governments; others are not. However, all local governments (counties, independent cities, and incorporated towns) are political subdivisions of the state.

  4. State cessions - Wikipedia

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    Kentucky, for instance, was organized into a county of Virginia in 1776, with Virginia serving as practical sovereign over the area until its admission into the Union as a separate state in 1792. Massachusetts ' claims to land in modern-day Michigan and Wisconsin, [ 2 ] by contrast, amounted to little more than lines drawn on a map.

  5. Virginias - Wikipedia

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    The Virginias (sometimes also known as the two Virginias) is a region in the United States comprising the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. [2] If they were a single state (as they were until 1863), [3] the Virginias would have a combined population of 10,425,109 as of 2020 United States census. [4] [5] This would give Virginia the ...

  6. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Poll taxes are a fixed tax on individuals, regardless of income; voters must pay the tax before they are permitted to cast a ballot. These taxes were occasionally paired with literacy tests to prove qualification to vote. [3] Revenue from poll taxes acted as a major source of funding for state governments.

  7. List of regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.

  8. State tax levels in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Median household income and taxes State Tax Burdens 2022 % of income. State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services a state can afford to provide residents. States use a different combination of sales, income, excise taxes, and user fees. Some are levied directly from residents and others are levied indirectly.

  9. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Each employer is required to provide each employee an annual report on IRS Form W-2 [75] of wages paid and federal, state and local taxes withheld, with a copy sent to the IRS and the taxation authority of the state. These are due by January 31 and February 28 (March 31 if filed electronically), respectively, following the calendar year in ...