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Panorama northwest, northeast and east from a ridge along West Virginia Route 42 between Elk Garden and Sulphur City in Mineral County, West Virginia (2016)

West Virginia is a mountainous, landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055.

West Virginia was admitted into the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War. It separated from Virginia and was one of two states (along with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War. Some of its residents held slaves, but most were propertied farmers, and the delegates provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in the new state constitution. The state legislature abolished slavery in the state, and at the same time ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery nationally on February 3, 1865.

West Virginia’s northern panhandle extends adjacent to Pennsylvania and Ohio to form a tristate area, with Wheeling, Weirton, and Morgantown just across the border from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Huntington in the southwest is close to Ohio and Kentucky, while Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry in the eastern panhandle region are considered part of the Washington metropolitan area, between Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia is often included in several U.S. geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. It is the only state entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission; the area is commonly defined as “Appalachia“. (Full article…)

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Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge, looking northwest from its southeast end, in 2009

The Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge (locally /ˈkeɪpən/), formerly known as South Branch Bridge or Romney Bridge, is a historic Whipple truss bridge in Capon Lake, West Virginia, United States. It is located off Carpers Pike (West Virginia Route 259) and crosses the Cacapon River. The bridge formerly carried Capon Springs Road (County Route 16) over the river, connecting Capon Springs and Capon Lake.

The bridge’s Whipple truss technology was developed by civil engineer Squire Whipple in 1847. J. W. Murphy further modified Whipple’s truss design in 1859 by designing the first truss bridge with pinned eyebar connections. The design of the Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge incorporates Murphy’s later modifications with double-intersections and horizontal chords, and is therefore considered a Whipple–Murphy truss bridge. The Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge is West Virginia’s oldest remaining example of a Whipple truss bridge and its oldest extant metal truss bridge. (Full article…)

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The West Virginia Mountaineers football team represents West Virginia University (WVU) in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football. West Virginia plays its home games at Milan Puskar Stadium on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers have won or shared a total of 15 conference championships, including eight Southern Conference titles and seven Big East Conference titles. The Mountaineers compete in the Big 12 Conference. (Full article…)

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Image 1West Virginia Independence Hall, site of the Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 2Saturday afternoon street scene, Welch, McDowell County, 1946 (from West Virginia)
Image 3A slave woman tending to a white baby in West Virginia, 1865 (from West Virginia)
Image 4The Linsly Institute building in Wheeling, West Virginia served as the state’s first capitol building from statehood in 1863 until March 28, 1870, when the capitol was transferred to Charleston, West Virginia (from History of West Virginia)
Image 5Poster by Albert M. Bender, produced by the Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago in 1935 for the CCC (from History of West Virginia)
Image 6State of Westsylvania proposed to the U.S. Congress (from West Virginia)
Image 7John S. Carlile, a leader during the First Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 8Harpers Ferry alternated between Confederate and Union rule eight times during the American Civil War, and was finally annexed by West Virginia. (from West Virginia)
Image 9Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in West Virginia in 2021. (from West Virginia)
Image 10Percent of Americans living below the poverty line in each U.S. state, and the District of Columbia. West Virginia has one of the highest poverty rates. (from West Virginia)
Image 11A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world’s third-oldest river geologically (from History of West Virginia)
Image 12Child laborer photographed by Lewis Hine in the coal mines of West Virginia, 1908 (from West Virginia)
Image 131715 Nicolas de Fer map showing the Native American areas known as Tionontatacaga and Calicuas (from History of West Virginia)
Image 14The Veterans Memorial Bridge carries US 22 from Weirton into Ohio. (from West Virginia)
Image 15Turnout by county in the October 24, 1861, West Virginia statehood vote (from History of West Virginia)
Image 16Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 17Bluefield, a major center for coal mining, in 2014 (from West Virginia)
Image 18The iconic New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville (from West Virginia)
Image 19Racial plurality in West Virginia by county, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
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Image 20Overdose death rates in the United States (from West Virginia)
Image 21Counties (in blue) approving Virginia’s secession from the U.S. in order to join the Confederacy. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 22Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from History of West Virginia)
Image 23Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County (from West Virginia)
Image 24Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (from West Virginia)
Image 25The West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston is home to the West Virginia Legislature. (from West Virginia)
Image 26West Virginia population density 2020 (from West Virginia)
Image 27Escaped slave broadside, Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1845 (from West Virginia)
Image 28Köppen climate types of West Virginia, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from West Virginia)
Image 29Map of Virginia dated June 13, 1861, featuring the percentage of slave population within each county at the 1860 census and the proposed state of Kanawha (from West Virginia)
Image 30West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains, bounded by Allegheny Mountains, Ohio and Big Sandy rivers, and the Cumberland Mountains. (from West Virginia)
Image 31Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, changed hands a dozen times during the American Civil War. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 32Shaded relief map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-valley Appalachians (from West Virginia)
Image 33Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote (from West Virginia)
Image 341751 Fry-Jefferson map showing early ferries and established colonial borders before the French And Indian War (from History of West Virginia)
Image 35Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 36Spruce Knob (in the distance) is the highest point in West Virginia and the Allegheny Mountains. (from West Virginia)

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… that the Vulcan Bridge, a bridge in Vulcan, West Virginia, was constructed after the mayor requested financial aid from the Soviet Union?
… that professor Ruth Ann Davis made the largest-ever single contribution to Potomac State College of West Virginia University to support nursing scholarships in memory of her mother?
… that John F. Kennedy’s pollster found many West Virginia voters concerned that a Pope in the White House would arrive by transatlantic tunnel?
… that Babydog is “a fixture in West Virginia politics”?
… that James Dillon Armstrong was a Virginia state senator, a delegate to West Virginia’s constitutional convention, and a circuit court judge while serving for more than 43 years as a Presbyterian church elder?

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