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Ikes Fork (the United States) Show map of the United States Coordinates: 37°31′20″N 81°48′16″W / 37.52222°N 81.80444°W / 37.52222; -81
The following is a list of the U.S. state of West Virginia's state agencies. Departments and agencies. West Virginia Department of Administration;
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]
The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West Virginia [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [2] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the West Virginia Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and, except when prosecution has been carried out by the House of ...
West Virginia’s minority population is particularly affected by the state’s poor maternal and infant health outcomes. Black babies are 1.3 times more likely than others to be born preterm ...
James Conley Justice II [2] (born April 27, 1951) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from West Virginia.A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2017 to 2025 as the 36th governor of West Virginia.
Northfork is a town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States, located on U.S. Route 52 between Welch and Bluefield. The population was 231 at the 2020 census . Northfork was incorporated in 1901, so named because of its location on the north fork of the Elkhorn Creek at its junction with the south fork.
The Allegheny Front in West Virginia lies in Mineral County and includes the highest point in the county. Known as "the Pinnacle", it is 3,104 feet (946 m) above sea level. From the abandoned fire tower four states are visible, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. The Allegheny Front is the largest mountain in the county; on the ...