Portal:West Virginia

The West Virginia Portal 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) The Flag of West Virginia West Virginia is a 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 1,793,716 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...) Recognized content - Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. North and west sides of Capon Chapel viewed from the northwest lawn Capon Chapel ( /ˈkeɪpən/ KAY-pən), also historically known as Capon Baptist Chapel and Capon Chapel Church, is a mid-19th century United Methodist church located near to the town of Capon Bridge, West Virginia, in the United States. Capon Chapel is one of the oldest existing log churches in Hampshire County, along with Mount Bethel Church and Old Pine Church. A Baptist congregation was gathering at the site of the present-day church by at least 1756. Primitive Baptist minister John Monroe (1750–1824) is credited for establishing a place of worship at this site; he is interred in the church's cemetery. The land on which Capon Chapel was built originally belonged to William C. Nixon (1789–1869), a member of the Virginia House of Delegates; later, it was transferred to the Pugh family. The first documented mention of a church at the Capon Chapel site was in March 1852, when Joseph Pugh allocated the land to three trustees for the construction of a church and cemetery. (Full article...) List of recognized articles List of counties in West Virginia List of governors of West Virginia Valley View (Romney, West Virginia) Sloan–Parker House Romney Literary Society Harry R. Truman Old Pine Church Interstate 70 in West Virginia Literary Hall Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia) Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge List of plantations in West Virginia List of attorneys general of West Virginia List of colleges and universities in West Virginia List of West Virginia state parks Jack Warhop Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia) Tony Adamle 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment Flag of West Virginia John Rinehart Blue Battle of Droop Mountain Fort Steuben Bridge Roy Lester Interstate 81 in West Virginia Fostoria Glass Company Battle of Moorefield Howard Llewellyn Swisher Valley, West Virginia Morgan Morgan Monument Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser Dick Padden George Armitage Miller Kathy Mattea Selected article - Publicity photo, 1958 Virginia Ruth "Jennie" Lewis (née Egnor; November 29, 1921 – October 9, 2001), known professionally as Dagmar, was an American actress, model, and television personality. In the 1950s she became one of the first major female stars of television, receiving much press coverage. (Full article...) List of selected articles History of West Virginia List of West Virginia state symbols Charleston, West Virginia Huntington, West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia Parkersburg, West Virginia Wheeling, West Virginia 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia 2020 United States presidential election in West Virginia West Virginia University West Virginia Mountaineers football Eastern panhandle of West Virginia Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912 Virginia v. West Virginia COVID-19 pandemic in West Virginia LGBT rights in West Virginia Wheeling, West Virginia Harpers Ferry, West Virginia West Virginia in the American Civil War Confederate government of West Virginia Restored Government of Virginia West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette History of slavery in West Virginia Protohistory of West Virginia Politics of West Virginia Watoga State Park Bluestone Wildlife Management Area Trout Pond Spruce Mountain (West Virginia) Waterways of West Virginia Westsylvania John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry State of Kanawha Wheeling Convention Robert Byrd Steve Harvey Robert L. Chapman Stonewall Jackson Florence A. Blanchfield John Forbes Nash Jr. Cyrus Vance Pare Lorentz Randy Moss Renee Montgomery Tom Wilson (cartoonist) Chuck Yeager Catherine Shipe East John W. Davis Katherine Johnson Lea Ann Parsley Jennings Randolph John Corbett George Brett Joe Manchin Pearl Buck Hatfield–McCoy feud Devil Anse Hatfield Henry Louis Gates Jr. Homer Hickam General images - The following are images from various West Virginia-related articles on Wikipedia. West Virginia population density map (from West Virginia) Shaded relief map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-valley Appalachians (from West Virginia) Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County (from West Virginia) 1715 Nicolas de Fer map showing the Native American areas known as Tionontatacaga and Calicuas (from History of West Virginia) John S. Carlile, a leader during the First Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia) Köppen climate types of West Virginia, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from West Virginia) Counties (in blue) approving Virginia's secession from the U.S. (from History of West Virginia) The iconic New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville (from West Virginia) Turnout by county in the October 24, 1861, West Virginia statehood vote (from History of West Virginia) Bluefield, a major center for coal mining, in 2014 (from West Virginia) Map 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) State of Westylvania proposed to the U.S. Congress (from West Virginia) A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically (from History of West Virginia) The West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston is home to the West Virginia Legislature. (from West Virginia) Saturday afternoon street scene, Welch, McDowell County, 1946 (from West Virginia) The Veterans Memorial Bridge carries US 22 from Weirton WV into Ohio. (from West Virginia) Racial plurality in West Virginia by county, per the 2020 U.S. census Legend Non-Hispanic White   70–80%   80–90%   90%+ (from West Virginia) From left, Senator Joe Manchin, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, and Representative David McKinley (2017) (from West Virginia) Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from History of West Virginia) 1751 Fry-Jefferson map showing early ferries and established colonial borders before the French And Indian War (from History of West Virginia) The 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) Francis H. Pierpont, a leader during the Second Wheeling Convention (from West Virginia) Child labor in the coal mines of West Virginia, 1908 (from West Virginia) Escaped slave broadside, Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1845 (from West Virginia) Harpers Ferry alternated between Confederate and Union rule eight times during the American Civil War, and was finally annexed by West Virginia. (from West Virginia) A slave woman tending to a white baby in West Virginia, 1865 (from West Virginia) Spruce Knob is the highest point in West Virginia and the Allegheny Mountains. (from West Virginia) Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, a statue on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol (from West Virginia) Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from West Virginia) Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote (from West Virginia) West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains, bounded by Allegheny Mountains, Ohio and Big Sandy rivers, and the Cumberland Mountains. (from West Virginia) A toll plaza on the West Virginia Turnpike (from West Virginia) Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, changed hands a dozen times during the American Civil War. (from History of West Virginia) Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia (from West Virginia) West Virginia Independence Hall, site of the Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia) Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in West Virginia in 2021. (from West Virginia) Historical coat of arms of West Virginia (illustrated, 1876) (from West Virginia) Did you know - ... 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? ... that the China Folk House Retreat dismantled a Chinese folk house and rebuilt it in West Virginia? ... that the general manager of a West Virginia TV station called changing its network affiliation "the hardest decision I've ever had to make"? ... that part of West Virginia's Princeton–Deepwater District railway was so steep that only shortened coal trains could ascend it? ... that William H. Davis was the first teacher of Booker T. Washington and the first African American to be nominated as a candidate for West Virginia governor in 1888? 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