West Virginia
- Area:
- Area: 24,231 sq.mi (62,758 sq.km.), 41st
- Land: 24,087 sq.mi. (62,385 sq.km.), 41st
- Water: 145 sq.mi. (376 sq.km.), 50th
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- County Profile:
West Virginia County Map , 55 Counties
- Geographic Center:
Braxton, 4 miles east of Sutton
- Highest Point:
Spruce Knob ; 4,863 feet, (1,482 m.) 24th tallest
- Location:
- Absolute Center: 38°35.9’N / 80°42.2’W
- Relative Center: Braxton, 4 miles east of Sutton
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- Lowest Point:
West Virginia; 240 feet, 30th lowest
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Image | | Ranging from hilly to mountainous; Allegheny plateau, in the west, covers two-thirds of the state; mountains over 4,000 feet.
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- Agriculture: Cattle, dairy products, poultry, apples.
- Industry: Chemical products, mining, primary metals, stone, clay, and glass products, tourism.
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- Admission to Statehood:
June 20, 1863 (35th State)
- Area:
- Area: 24,231 sq.mi (62,758 sq.km.), 41st
- Land: 24,087 sq.mi. (62,385 sq.km.), 41st
- Water: 145 sq.mi. (376 sq.km.), 50th
- Constitution:
West Virginia’s Constitution , 35th State
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- Population (2019):
1,854,304; Rank: 38 of 50 | Population Quick Facts
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West Virginia’s Constitution , 35th State
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- Flag:
A white field is bordered in dark blue. West Virginia’s flag displays a rock containing the date June 20, 1863, the day West Virginia became a state. The two men represent farming and mining. Below them are two rifles with a “Liberty Cap” on top the rifles. A banner ribbon includes the state motto “Mountaineers Are Always Free”. Around the picture are a wreath of rhododendron and the name of the state on a red ribbon. Get this Flag - Flower:
Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) | Other State Flowers
- Largest Cities:
Charleston | Huntington| Morgantown | Wheeling | Weirton | Fairmont | Beckley | Martinsburg | Clarksburg
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Named after England’s Queen Elizabeth I, the “Virgin Queen”
- Population (2019):
1,854,304; Rank: 38 of 50 | Population Quick Facts
- Soil:
Monongahela
- Song:
- “West Virginia Hills” | Words by: Ellen King | Music by: H.E. Engle
- “West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home” | Words by: Col. Julian G. Hearne, Jr | Music by: Col. Julian G. Hearne, Jr
- “This Is My West Virginia” | Words by: Iris Bell | Music by: Iris Bell
- “Take Me Home Country Roads” | Words by: Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver | Music by: Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver
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Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) | Other State Trees
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West Virginia County Map West Virginia County Map , 55 Counties
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