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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)

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and 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...)

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Adamle on a 1951 football card

Anthony Adamle (May 15, 1924 – October 7, 2000) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker and fullback in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns before retiring to pursue a medical degree.

Adamle grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a star fullback on his Collinwood High School football team. He attended Ohio State University in 1942, but his college career was cut short by World War II. After a stint in the United States Army Air Force, Adamle returned to finish his education at Ohio State in 1946. He soon dropped out of school, however, and joined the Browns. Cleveland won AAFC championships in each of Adamle's first three years, after which the league folded and the Browns were absorbed by the more established NFL. Cleveland continued to succeed in the NFL, winning the 1950 championship and advancing to the 1951 championship but losing to the Los Angeles Rams. Adamle left the Browns after the 1951 season to pursue a medical degree, but he came out of retirement briefly in 1954 as the Browns won another NFL championship. (Full article...)

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Portrait by Nathaniel Routzahn, 1862

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern theater of the war until his death. Military historians regard him as one of the most gifted tactical commanders in U.S. history.

Born in what was then part of Virginia (now in West Virginia), Jackson received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, graduating in the class of 1846. He served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Chapultepec. From 1851 to 1861, he taught at the Virginia Military Institute. (Full article...)

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Image 1From left, Senator Joe Manchin, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, and Representative David McKinley (2017) (from West Virginia)
Image 2West Virginia Independence Hall, site of the Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 3A toll plaza on the West Virginia Turnpike (from West Virginia)
Image 4State of Westylvania proposed to the U.S. Congress (from West Virginia)

Racial plurality in West Virginia by county, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Image 6Bluefield, a major center for coal mining, in 2014 (from West Virginia)
Image 7Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in West Virginia in 2021. (from West Virginia)
Image 8Köppen climate types of West Virginia, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from West Virginia)
Image 9Francis H. Pierpont, a leader during the Second Wheeling Convention (from West Virginia)
Image 10The Veterans Memorial Bridge carries US 22 from Weirton WV into Ohio. (from West Virginia)
Image 11Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County (from West Virginia)
Image 12Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, a statue on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol (from West Virginia)
Image 13Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 141715 Nicolas de Fer map showing the Native American areas known as Tionontatacaga and Calicuas (from History of West Virginia)
Image 15Shaded relief map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-valley Appalachians (from West Virginia)
Image 16The summit of Spruce Knob is often covered in clouds. (from West Virginia)
Image 17Escaped slave broadside, Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1845 (from West Virginia)
Image 18A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically (from History of West Virginia)
Image 19The 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)
Image 20Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote (from West Virginia)
Image 21Harpers Ferry alternated between Confederate and Union rule eight times during the American Civil War, and was finally annexed by West Virginia. (from West Virginia)
Image 22John S. Carlile, a leader during the First Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 23Map 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)
Image 24Historical coat of arms of West Virginia (illustrated, 1876) (from West Virginia)
Image 25Child labor in the coal mines of West Virginia, 1908 (from West Virginia)
Image 26Counties (in blue) approving Virginia's secession from the U.S. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 27Turnout by county in the October 24, 1861, West Virginia statehood vote (from History of West Virginia)
Image 28West Virginia population density map (from West Virginia)
Image 29Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from History of West Virginia)
Image 30Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 31Saturday afternoon street scene, Welch, McDowell County, 1946 (from West Virginia)
Image 32Map of West Virginia counties (from West Virginia)
Image 33The iconic New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville (from West Virginia)
Image 341751 Fry-Jefferson map showing early ferries and established colonial borders before the French And Indian War (from History of West Virginia)
Image 35Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, changed hands a dozen times during the American Civil War. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 36Slave woman tending to a white baby in West Virginia, 1865 (from West Virginia)

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... that prior to becoming West Virginia's first African-American judge, Leon P. Miller was McDowell County's assistant prosecuting attorney, a Welch city councilman, and U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands?
... that after Lew Dickey Sr. broke into the radio business by buying a station in West Virginia, his son would go on to own Cumulus Media?
... that the first exhibit of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame came from founder Michael Lipton's record collection?
... that the California Golden Bears men's basketball team won the 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game by a single point over West Virginia?
... that West Virginia nursing professor Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen wrote science-fiction and Gothic novels under the pseudonyms Christabel and Kathleen Westcott?
... that professor Ruth Ann Davis made the largest-ever single contribution to Potomac State College of West Virginia University to support nursing scholarships in memory of her mother?

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