West Virginia

West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountain in the Southern part of the United States of America with the postal abbreviation WV. The state is surrounded by Virginia on the southeast, Ohio in the northwest, Kentucky in the southwest, Maryland in the northeast and Pennsylvania in the north. West Virginia is the 38th most crowded and the 41st most wide-ranging state among the 50 states of the country.

West Virginia has turned out to be a state subsequent to the 1891 Wheeling Conventions, in which 50 northwestern positioned counties of West Virginia determined to separate from Virginia at the time of the Civil War of America. The novel state was a key Civil War boundary state, which was the only state to shape by withdrawing from an associate state and was one between the two states created during the Civil War of America. The other state is Nevada, which was alienated from Utah State.

The state of West Virginia is renowned for its historically important coal mining and logging industries, its peaks, and its political and employment history. The state is one among the most thickly amusing regions in the world, making it an alternative area for entertaining caving and technical research.

West Virginia was the 35th state admitted to the union on the 20th of June 1863. The total land area of West Virginia is 24,230 square miles, which offers the state a rank of 41 out of the available 50 states in the country. In addition, water surface occupies 192 square miles of the total area of the state within its boundaries. There are 55 counties in West Virginia among which the Mingo County was the most recent county formed in the state, in the year 1895.

Consistent with 2010 United States Census information, the population of West Virginia was 1,808,344. Among the counties of the West Virginia State, the most populous county is the Kanawha County with the population of 193,063, and the Wirt County is ranked as the least populous county with the population of 5,717.

As of 2010, there are five State Electoral Votes in West Virginia. The State Quarter issue Date of West Virginia is October 14, 2005. The state motto of West Virginia is “Mountaineers are always free“.

Mountain State is the nickname of the state of West Virginia. The name of the state bird of West Virginia is the Cardinal. Sugar Maple is the state tree of West Virginia, and the Rhododendron is the state flower. Charleston is the state capital of West Virginia. The Charleston City is the biggest of all cities in West Virginia by population, and the same city ranks first in total land area, too. The Shepherdstown City is the oldest city in West Virginia. The West Virginia State is served by a single area code, such as 304.