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West Virginia Facts and Information

   
Abbreviation WV
Capital Charleston
Size Total (Land + Water) 24,230 sq miles; Land Only 24,078 sq miles
Number of Counties 55
Time Zone Eastern Time Zone
Bordering States Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Highest Point Spruce Knob, 4,863 feet
National Parks None
Population (2015) 1,844,128
Population Density 76.6 people / square mile
Area Codes 304, 681
Top 5 Cities (2010 population) Charleston (51,400)
Huntington (49,138)
Parkersburg (31,492)
Morgantown (29,660)
Wheeling (28,486)
Statehood June 20, 1863
Electoral Votes 5
Governor Official West Virginia Governor Website
U. S. Senators List of U. S. Senators From West Virginia
U. S. Representatives List of U. S. Representatives From West Virginia
Senators List of West Virginia State Senators
Delegates List of West Virginia State Delegates
Government Official Site
Constitution West Virginia State Constitution
Road Conditions West Virginia Road Conditions
Quarter Issue Date October 14, 2005
Animal Black bear
Bird Cardinal
Butterfly Monarch butterfly
Colors Old gold and blue
Fish Brook trout
Flower Rhododendron
Fruit Golden delicious apple
Gem Silicified Mississippian fossil coral
Insect Honeybee
Motto Montani semper liberi (Mountaineers are always free)
Nickname Mountain State
Rock Coal
Soil Monongahela silt loam
Song "West Virginia My Home Sweet Home", "The West Virginia Hills", "This is My West Virginia"
Tree Sugar maple
NCAA Division I Schools Marshall University (Conference USA)
West Virginia University (Big 12)
Gas Tax $0.3320 / Gallon
Cigarette Tax $0.55 / Pack
Tourist Attractions Snowshoe Mountain Ski resort in Snowshoe, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Harpers Ferry Historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions New River Gorge Bridge Steel arch bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Camden Park Amusement park in Huntington, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Former hospital-turned-landmark in Weston, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Charleston Civic Center Municipal complex in Charleston, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Canaan Valley State park in Davis, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Big Sandy Superstore Arena Municipal complex in Huntington, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Clay Center Art museum in Charleston, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Summersville Lake Reservoir in central West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Seneca Rocks Rock landmark in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Wheeling Island Island in the Ohio River, in the city of Wheeling, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Blackwater Falls State Park State park in Davis, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Monongahela National Forest National forest in Elkins, West Virginia.
Tourist Attractions Cacapon State Park State park in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
Fun Facts West Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I. It was part of Virginia until 1861. When Virginia seceded from the Union, the 40 western county delegates opposed the secession and formed their own government, which was granted statehood in 1863.
Fun Facts The New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is the longest steel-arch bridge in the United States, spanning 1, 699 feet across the New River Canyon.
Fun Facts The first state sales tax established in the United States went into effect on July 1, 1921, in West Virginia.
Fun Facts Weirton is the only city in the U.S. that extends from one state border to another. The eastern portion of the city borders Pennsylvania, and the western portion of the city borders on Ohio.
Fun Facts The first official Mother's Day celebration took in 1908 at a Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, and was organized by Anna Jarvis.
Fun Facts In November 2014, 18-year-old Saira Blair was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates, becoming the youngest elected lawmaker in the United States.
Fun Facts In West Virginia, a person can be fined one dollar each act of cursing, swearing, or public drunkenness.
Fun Facts Governor Cecil Underwood was the state’s youngest governor at 34 when he was first elected in 1956. He was elected again in 1996 at 74, making him the oldest governor of the state.
Fun Facts The first municipally owned parking building in the U.S. was opened September 1, 1941 in Welch, West Virginia.
Fun Facts West Virginia got its first Starbucks in December, 2003, making it the last state in the United States to have a Starbucks store.
Name Origin In honor of Elizabeth, “Virgin Queen” of England
Residents Names West Virginian

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