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West Virginia (IPA: /ˌwɛstvɚˈʒɪnjə/) is a state in the Appalachia / Upland South region of the United States. West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the American Civil War and was admitted to the Union as a separate state on June 20, 1863 (an anniversary now celebrated as West Virginia Day in the state). It is one of only two states formed during the American Civil War (along with Nevada) and is the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state and one of two states to secede from another state (Kentucky also seceded from Virginia but before the Civil War).

Trivia about west virginia

  • It was the only state physically & politically formed directly because of the Civil War
  • In 1999 this state acquired the rights to use John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" to promote tourism
  • Most geographers define the northern terminus of the Blue Ridge Mountains as Harpers Ferry in this state
  • In 1863 it was admitted to the Union as the 35th state
  • John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" sings the praises of this state
  • A coal mine explosion in this state's town of Monongah claimed 362 lives in 1907
  • Zane Grey's ancestor Betty Zane helped save Fort Henry, now the site of this state's city of Wheeling
  • In November 1996 Cecil Underwood was re-elected governor of this state; the first time was in 1956
  • In 1921 coal miners in this "Mountain State" took up arms & tried to force unionization in its southwest part
  • In 1996, at age 74, Cecil Underwood became the oldest governor ever elected in this "Mountain State"
  • Country roads, take me to this state with lowest crime rate in U.S. according to latest statistics
  • It makes sense that this is "The Mountain State" since it lies entirely within the Appalachians
  • Gaston Caperton is this state's governor
  • Of this state Denver sang "Life is old there, older than the trees"
  • Confusingly, this state has a Charles Town & a Charleston (Charleston is the state capital)
  • A 1907 disaster killed some 360 coal miners near Fairmont in this state
  • In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state
  • Wheeling
  • Turnabout is fair play--it seceded from a confederate state & joined the union in June 1863
  • Part of a state that seceded from the U.S. in 1861 seceded to form this state in 1863
  • The Mountaineers of this state had a fiesta at Oklahoma's expense in 2008
  • State that seceded from state that seceded
  • Famed for coal mining, it's home to very few stretches of flat land
  • Its name includes the name of another state that was named for a ruler born in 1533
  • In 1996 this state's Jay Rockefeller won re-election as senator with over 75% of the vote
  • This state has the highest average altitude of any state east of the Mississippi; must be pretty "mountainous"
  • Follow the Coal Heritage Trail to Beckley in this state to see the outdoor drama "Honey In The Rock"
  • "Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers are Always Free)"
  • Sewing trivia
  • Wheeling
  • Western counties in a Confederate state seceded & formed this state in 1863
  • In 1972 14 towns were flooded when a coal mine's slag-pile dam collapsed in this mountain state
  • Country roads, take me home, to this state (admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863), I belong...
  • A cousin of Paul Bunyan, this "Mountain State"'s woodsman Tony Beaver had 2 oxen named Hannibal & Goliath
  • What is now this state was briefly called Kanawha after it refused to secede from the Union
  • Lord Dunmore's "War" in 1774 was an attack on Indians in what is now this "Mountain State"
  • Big Sandy isn't a feared bouncer, but a river that divides Kentucky from this "Mountain State"
  • Jay Rockefeller's rich life includes serving as a U.S. senator from this state since 1985
  • One of the oldest producing wells is Burning Springs, which was once destroyed by Confederates in this 35th state
  • "Mountaineers are always free" to attend Mountaineer Week in Morgantown in this state

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  • West Virginia football is 58 days away. Let's Go Mountaineers! #WVU #MountaineerNation
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  • Did you know: #WVU and its affiliates generate $8.28 billion in business volume for the West Virginia economy.
  • Boy with his puppy in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 1943
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  • Seseorang akan menunjukan ekspresi cinta yang palsu rata-rata sebanyak 3 kali dalam seminggu pada pasangannya. [West Virginia Univ.]
  • Your House is Not a Home, rural West Virginia/Homes of Appalachia Series
  • I'm making my professional anchor debut on Newswatch at 11. Tune in! Or don't, because you don't live in West Virginia.
  • Been in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania in the past 6 days
  • @Marleigh_Kay What are you doing down in...West Virginia?
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  • If you live in West Virginia and are from out-of-state, you need to learn our driving laws. Right on red is a thing.
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  • RT @HuffPostGreen: Feds reject more animal testing on chemical that spilled in West Virginia
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  • This is when I start to realize why I dislike coming to West Virginia.👌
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  • Where does everyone in West Virginia watch the World Cup?