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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 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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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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Cyrus Roberts Vance Sr. (March 27, 1917 – January 12, 2002) was an American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to serving in that position, he was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Johnson administration. During the Kennedy administration he was Secretary of the Army and General Counsel of the Department of Defense.

As Secretary of State, Vance approached foreign policy with an emphasis on negotiation over conflict and a special interest in arms reduction. In April 1980, he resigned in protest of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages in Iran. He was succeeded by Edmund Muskie. (Full article...)

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Image 1Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from History of West Virginia)
Image 2Escaped slave broadside, Hampshire County, West Virginia, 1845 (from West Virginia)
Image 3West Virginia population density map (from West Virginia)
Image 4Historical coat of arms of West Virginia (illustrated, 1876) (from West Virginia)
Image 5Map of West Virginia counties (from West Virginia)
Image 6Counties (in blue) approving Virginia's secession from the U.S. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 7Map 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 8Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in West Virginia in 2021. (from West Virginia)

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

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Non-Hispanic White

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

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Image 10State of Westylvania proposed to the U.S. Congress (from West Virginia)
Image 11Turnout by county in the October 24, 1861, West Virginia statehood vote (from History of West Virginia)
Image 12Slave woman tending to a white baby in West Virginia, 1865 (from West Virginia)
Image 13The Veterans Memorial Bridge carries US 22 from Weirton WV into Ohio. (from West Virginia)
Image 14Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, changed hands a dozen times during the American Civil War. (from History of West Virginia)
Image 15The summit of Spruce Knob is often covered in clouds. (from West Virginia)
Image 16Saturday afternoon street scene, Welch, McDowell County, 1946 (from West Virginia)
Image 17Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County (from West Virginia)
Image 18Harpers 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 19Köppen climate types of West Virginia, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from West Virginia)
Image 201751 Fry-Jefferson map showing early ferries and established colonial borders before the French And Indian War (from History of West Virginia)
Image 21Shaded relief map of the Cumberland Plateau and Ridge-and-valley Appalachians (from West Virginia)
Image 22Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 23Francis H. Pierpont, a leader during the Second Wheeling Convention (from West Virginia)
Image 24From left, Senator Joe Manchin, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, and Representative David McKinley (2017) (from West Virginia)
Image 25A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically (from History of West Virginia)
Image 26The iconic New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville (from West Virginia)
Image 27A toll plaza on the West Virginia Turnpike (from West Virginia)
Image 28Bluefield, a major center for coal mining, in 2014 (from West Virginia)
Image 29The 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 30Child labor in the coal mines of West Virginia, 1908 (from West Virginia)
Image 31John S. Carlile, a leader during the First Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 32Votes by county in the October 1861 statehood vote (from West Virginia)
Image 33West Virginia Independence Hall, site of the Wheeling Convention (from History of West Virginia)
Image 34Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia (from West Virginia)
Image 351715 Nicolas de Fer map showing the Native American areas known as Tionontatacaga and Calicuas (from History of West Virginia)
Image 36Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, a statue on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol (from West Virginia)

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... that part of West Virginia's Princeton–Deepwater District railway was so steep that only shortened coal trains could ascend it?
... 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?
... 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 American lawyer and politician Armistead Abraham Lilly was also a principal owner of Ruffner Hotel in Charleston, West Virginia, and resided in its penthouse?
... that West Virginia nursing professor Christine Elizabeth Abrahamsen wrote science-fiction and Gothic novels under the pseudonyms Christabel and Kathleen Westcott?
... that West Virginia lawyer Arthur G. Froe served as D.C. Recorder of Deeds under three presidents and was appointed by President Wilson as a draft board legal advisor during World War I?

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