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NICK NAME | The Mountain State; The Panhandle State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Charleston | |
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LARGEST CITY | Charleston | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Huntington | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Kanawha | |
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AREA | 24,231 sq. miles; 24,087 sq. miles land, 145 sq. miles water. (41st state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 4,863 ft., Spruce Knob (Pendleton County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 240 ft. along the Potomac River in Jefferson County | |
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ABBREVIATION | WV (postal); W.Va. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 304, 614 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | Appalachia, although some consider it part of the South and other part of the Middle Atlantic. | |
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ADMISSION DATE | June 20, 1863 (35th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the eastern United States, bordering Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | Formed from the 40 western counties of Virginia that remained loyal to the Union when the rest of the state seceded at the beginning of the Civil War. A separate state was established from these and briefly called Kanawha; officially admitted to the Union as West Virginia in 1863. | |
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STATE ANIMAL | Black Bear (Ursus (Euarctos) americanus) | |
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STATE BIRD | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |
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STATE FISH | Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Big Laurel (Rhododendron maximum) | |
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STATE SONG | "The West Virginia Hills;" "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home;" "This is my West Virginia" | |
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STATE TREE | Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Montani Semper Liberi. (Latin: "Mountaineers are Always Free") |
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