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West Virginia State Geography So you want to know about West Virginia? Here are some highlights! Also check out the links to other sites about West Virginia. On this Page: Key Facts Geographic Landmarks Points of Interest Major Industries ... Links to other sites about West Virginia Other related pages: West Virginia State Quiz Key Facts Top of Page Population (1994): 1,822,000 (35th in size) State size: 24,231 square miles (41st in size) State Capital: Charleston (named after Charles Clendenin, a Revolutionary War soldier and owner of the land on which the settlement was built) Major cities: Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown and Wheeling Admission to union: The 35th State Date entered the union: June 20, 1863 Origin of state name: So named because it was originally part of Virginia. Nicknames: The Mountain State Bordering states: Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia State bird: Cardinal State flower: Great Rhododendron State tree: Sugar Maple Motto: Mountain People, Always Free

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@import url(../styles/base.css); The Capital Cities of Virginia Richmond has not always been the capital of Virginia. Each shift of the capital occurred for a reason. Some of the buildings that housed the legislature, and places where they were located, are described by the official About Our Capitol site - but somehow the move of the capital to Wheeling and Alexandria has been omitted from the official site. NOTE: The "state capitol" is the building that houses the Virginia General Assembly. The "capital" is the city in which the General Assembly meets. At the Federal Level, Washington DC is the capital city and the US Congress meets in the Capitol building. Charlottesville, Staunton, and Lynchburg could claim to have been the capital of Virginia, since the General Assembly met there briefly. Werowocomoco Jamestown - The First English Capital Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg Richmond Wheeling Wheeling was the capital of Virginia for two years. The Restored Government of Virginia was formed after the special state convention in Richmond finally voted for secession in April, 1861 (after rejecting that approach since the convention statered in February). The northwestern counties in the Allegheny Plateau physiographic province rejected the legitimacy of the decision. They claimed the decision by the convention in Richmond was not legal, because the Constitution did not grant states the right to seceded. Since the elected leaders in Richmond had exceeded their authority, the state government had to be re-formed with new leaders.

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@import url(../styles/base.css); Where is Southwest Virginia? Today, the southwestern edge of Virginia is Cumberland Gap. At one time, however, Virginia stretched much further west. After Virginia ceded its western land claims to the new national government in the 1780's, the southwestern edge of the state was on the Mississippi River. Kentucky became an independent state in 1792, so at that point Virginia no longer included the Cumberland River watershed west of the Allegheny Front. The shape of Virginia's western boundaries changed again after West Virginia became an independent state in 1863, leaving only a tiny portion of the Levisa Fork, Big Sandy, and Tug Fork watersheds in what became Southwest Virginia. Source: National Biological Information Infrastructure Not all of the Virginia mountains are in the southwestern part of the state. However, the mountains are significant barriers to travel there - and the rivers run the wrong way. Well, "wrong" is a relative term, but most of Southwest Virginia is in the Tennessee River watershed. If you consider Pulaski, Giles, and Bland counties to be "Southwest Virginia," thenthe New River watershed still drains away from the Atlantic Ocean. So one way to define the region is by the Eastern Continental Divide, with all the lands west of the divide in Southwest Virginia.

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West Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. West Virginia In Detail (Full size) State nickname : Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Charleston Largest City Charleston Governor Bob Wise Area Ranked 41 st ... th 28.8/km² Admittance into Union th June 20 Time zone Eastern: UTC Latitude Longitude 37°10'N to 40°40'N 77°40'W to 82°40'W Width Length Elevation 210 km 385 km 1,482 meters 455 meters 73 meters ISO 3166-2 US-WV West Virginia is a state of the United States , known as The Mountain State. While many consider it part of the South , many in the state's Northern Panhandle feel a greater affinity for Pittsburgh , while those in the Eastern Panhandle feel a greater affinity for Washington D.C. . West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the American Civil War . The state is noted for its coal mining heritage, and union organizing mine wars in particular. The state has a rich, stark beauty reflecting its topography. Tourist sites include the New River Gorge Bridge (where on Bridge Day the federal government, which controls the landing site, allows parachuting from the bridge), as well as many national and state parks. It is also home to the Green Bank Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory The US Navy has named a series of ships USS West Virginia in honor of this state.

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Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Commonwealth of Virginia In Detail (Full size) State nickname : Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest City Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner Area Ranked 35 th ... th 64/km² Admittance into Union th June 25 Time zone Eastern: UTC Latitude Longitude 36°31'N to 39°37'N 75°13'W to 83°37'W Width Length Elevation 320 km 690 km 1,746 meters 290 meters meters ISO 3166-2 US-VA Virginia is one of the original 13 states of the United States that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution and is generally classified as part of the South . Its official name is the Commonwealth of Virginia ; it is one of four Commonwealths out of the fifty United States. West Virginia was part of Virginia at the time of the founding of the United States, but formed a separate state at the time of the American Civil War Table of contents 1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 4 Demographics ... edit History Among Native American people living in what now is Virginia were the Powhatan Nottaway Meherrin Monacan ... Saponi , and Cherokee At the end of the 16th century when England began to colonize North America, "Virginia" was the name Queen

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WV DHHR BPH OEHP A Healthier Future for West Virginia - Healthy People 2010 WV HP 2010 Federal 2010 Initiative Contents Message ... Credits Objectives 1 - Access to Quality Health Service Objectives References Background The geography of West Virginia in and of itself presents problems with access to quality health care. The surface elevation of West Virginia is extremely uneven. It ranges from a low of 240 feet in the Valley of the Potomac to a high of 4,862 feet at Spruce Knob in Pendleton County. West Virginia's mountains are often steep and rugged, rising and falling in successive waves of ranges. There is very little flat land in the state. Because West Virginia is a mountainous state, time and distance factors applicable to the flatlands of the Midwest and the East Coast are grossly inappropriate when applied to the state's rugged terrain. For example, time/distance maps depict the distance from Charleston, WV, to Washington, DC, as 250 miles. This "as the crow flies" distance is underestimated using these maps. Actual mileage, using the best records available, is approximately 360 miles, and the average automobile trip between the two cities is about six hours. Non-interstate travel through West Virginia can be treacherous, with numerous mountains to climb, narrow and winding secondary roads, ubiquitous coal trucks, and never-ending road repairs. During the months of late December through early April, poor weather conditions add more time or prevent driving altogether.

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2003-2004 Committees Executive Committee* Stephen J. Walsh , President. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Allan James , Vice President. University of South Carolina, AJames@sc.edu Altha Cravey , Treasurer. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Eric Fournier , Secretary. Samford University Kavita Pandit , AAG Regional Councilor. University of Georgia, pandit@uga.edu Ron Mitchelson , Past President. East Carolina University Steering Committee Made up of the six Executive Committee members listed above, plus the Editors of the Southeastern Geographer and the ten State Representatives Editors, Southeastern Geographer Derek H. Alderman and Scott Lecce , Department of Geography, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 State Representatives* Alabama: Kelly Gregg , Jacksonville State University Florida: Sharon Cobb , University of North Florida Georgia: Hilda Kurtz , University of Georgia, Kentucky: Alice Turkington , University of Kentucky Mississippi: Clifton Skeeter Dixon , University of Southern Mississippi North Carolina: Jeffrey Patton , UNC-Greensboro South Carolina: Carl Dahlman , University of South Carolina Tennessee: Lydia Pulsipher , University of Tennessee, lpulsiph@utk.edu

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Brief Guide to Virginia Geography, Terms, and Legal System (Click here to skip to Terms and Legal System , or Northern Virginia, or click to go back to or Family Law Virginia is one of the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. Its entire Western border is in the Appalachian mountians, which run from Southwest to Northeast. Approaching from the ocean, one would enter the great port city of Norfolk , first passing its even more populous suburb, Virginia Beach. Neighboring cities include Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Chesapeake . This area is generally called Hampton Roads. It is also known as the Tidewater, together with everything east of Washington and Richmond. (Bear in mind that lawyers in Virginia typically practice in several counties and cities.) Two hours West of Norfolk is Richmond , the capital. Two hours Northwest of Richmond is Charlottesville , just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains . Thomas Jefferson lived near there. Beyond these mountains lies the great Shennandoah Valley , and then the Allegheny mountains and desolateWest Virginia, a completely separate State which is not affiliated in any way with Virginia. Two hours North of Richmond, Washington, D.C., the U.S.'s capital, lies in an independent district between Virginia and Maryland.

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Click Here to Visit our Sponsor PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Physical Features Virginia (which lies between the extremes of latitude 36'32' and 39'27' N and longitude 75'15' and 83-41' W) before 1851 recognized officially, for statistical purposes, four "grand divisions": Tidewater, Piedmont, Valley, and TransAllegheny. Since the loss of West Virginia only southwestern Virginia remains of the last division. Geographical differences in these divisions have profoundly influenced Virginia's life and history. Tidewater - Tidewater is a level plain of alluvial soil lying between the Atlantic Ocean and the Fall Line (q.v.), the latter a distinct break in the crystalline rock formation of Piedmont, a line where waterfalls furnish power for mills and act as a barrier to advancing tides. Running southwestwardly across Tidewater are four great rivers-the lower Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James, the lower reaches of which form estuaries of Chesapeake Bay into which they empty. At the Fall Line, which runs north and south, cities-Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Petersburg-arose about trading posts at the bead of navigation and on the mill sites at the falls. Piedmont - Piedmont, the largest of the geographical provinces, lies between the Fall Line and the Blue Ridge Mountains (q.v.), extending in width 40 mi. (64 km.) at the north and 185 mi. (298 km.) along the southern border. It is a relatively low, rolling plateau region cut by many streams.

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