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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 state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and 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 1,793,716 residents. 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. It was the only state to form by separating from a Confederate state, one of two states (along with Nevada) admitted to the Union during the Civil War, and the second state to separate from another state, after Maine separated from Massachusetts in 1820. Some of its residents held slaves, but most were yeoman 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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Literary Hall, viewed from the south, facing West Main Street in Romney

Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street (West Virginia Route 28) and West Main Street (U.S. Route 50). Literary Hall was constructed between 1869 and 1870 by the Romney Literary Society.

Founded in 1819, the Romney Literary Society was the first literary organization of its kind in the present-day state of West Virginia, and one of the first in the United States. In 1846, the society constructed a building which housed the Romney Classical Institute and its library. The Romney Literary Society and the Romney Classical Institute both flourished and continued to grow in importance and influence until the onset of the American Civil War in 1861. (Full article...)

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The 2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. West Virginia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. West Virginia had five electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Trump easily carried West Virginia on Election Day by 38.9 points, down from 42.1 points in 2016. Prior to the election, all 16 news organizations declared West Virginia a safe red state. (Full article...)

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Image 1West Virginia Independence Hall, site of the Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 2Child labor in the coal mines of West Virginia, 1908 (from West Virginia)
Image 3Turnout by county in the October 24, 1861, West Virginia statehood vote (from History of West Virginia)
Image 4John S. Carlile, a leader during the First Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 5The Linsly Institute building in Wheeling, West Virginia, which 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 6Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 7A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically (from History of West Virginia)
Image 8Slave woman tending to a white baby in West Virginia, 1865 (from West Virginia)
Image 9The Veterans Memorial Bridge carries US 22 from Weirton WV into Ohio. (from West Virginia)
Image 10The iconic New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville (from West Virginia)
Image 111751 Fry-Jefferson map showing early ferries and established colonial borders before the French And Indian War (from History of West Virginia)
Image 12From left, Senator Joe Manchin, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, and Representative David McKinley (2017) (from West Virginia)
Image 13Map of West Virginia counties (from West Virginia)
Image 14A toll plaza on the West Virginia Turnpike (from West Virginia)
Image 15Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, changed hands a dozen times during the American Civil War. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 161715 Nicolas de Fer map showing the Native American areas known as Tionontatacaga and Calicuas (from History of West Virginia)
Image 17The summit of Spruce Knob is often covered in clouds. (from West Virginia)
Image 18Escaped slave broadside, Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1845 (from West Virginia)
Image 19Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 20Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County (from West Virginia)
Image 21Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from History of West Virginia)
Image 22Francis H. Pierpont, a leader during the Second Wheeling Convention (from West Virginia)
Image 23Bluefield, a major center for coal mining, in 2014 (from West Virginia)
Image 24Map 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 25Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in West Virginia in 2021. (from West Virginia)
Image 26Racial 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 27Historical coat of arms of West Virginia (illustrated, 1876) (from West Virginia)
Image 28Harpers 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 29Shaded relief map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-valley Appalachians (from West Virginia)
Image 30Counties (in blue) approving Virginia's secession from the U.S. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 31Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote (from West Virginia)
Image 32Saturday afternoon street scene, Welch, McDowell County, 1946 (from West Virginia)
Image 33State of Westylvania proposed to the U.S. Congress (from West Virginia)
Image 34West Virginia population density map (from West Virginia)
Image 35Köppen climate types of West Virginia, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from West Virginia)
Image 36Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, a statue on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol (from West Virginia)

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... that after Lew Dickey Sr. broke into the radio business by buying a station in West Virginia, his son would go on to own Cumulus Media?
... that West Virginia lawyer Arthur G. Froe served as D.C. Recorder of Deeds under three presidents and was appointed by President Wilson as a draft board legal advisor during World War I?
... that West Virginia nursing professor Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen wrote science-fiction and Gothic novels under the pseudonyms Christabel and Kathleen Westcott?
... that after nearly killing a man in a duel, Edgar P. Rucker went on to become the attorney general of West Virginia?
... that the 1967 Fairmont State Falcons won West Virginia's first national title in football?
... that in 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld West Virginia's largest punitive damages award in history, awarding $10 million – 526 times larger than the compensatory damages?

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^ "Biggest US Cities By Population - West Virginia - 2018 Population". Biggest US Cities. March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

[1] "Biggest US Cities By Population - West Virginia - 2018 Population". Biggest US Cities. March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

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