(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)WEST VIRGINIA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) QUICK FACTS Name West Virginia separated from Virginia during the Civil War It was admitted to the Union as a new state in 1863 Because it was on the west side of Virginia it was named West Virginia State Capital Charleston population 49,736 Date of Statehood June 20 1863 35th state Population 1,844,128 38th-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 24,230 square miles 62,755 sq km 41st-largest state Largest City Charleston population 49,736 Nickname The Mountain State Motto Montani semper liberi Mountaineers Are Always Free State Bird Cardinal 6 WEST VIRGINIA
(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) State Flower Rhododendron State Gem Fossil Mississippian Fossil Coral Rhododendron State Tree Sugar Maple Mississippian Fossil Coral State Songs West Virginia My Home Sweet Home The West Virginia Hills This is My West Virginia Highest Point Spruce Knob 4,863 feet 1,482 m Lowest Point Potomac River at Harpers Ferry 240 feet 73 m Average July High Temperature 83 F 28 C Sugar Maple Record High Temperature 112 F 44 C in Martinsburg on July 10 1936 Average January Low Temperature 21 F 6 C Spruce Knob Record Low Temperature 37 F 38 C in Lewisburg on December 30 1917 Average Annual Precipitation 46 inches 117 cm Harpers Ferry Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 3 U S Postal Service Abbreviation WV QUICK FACTS 7
(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)WEST VIRGINIA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) GEOGRAPHY West Virginia is one of the smallest states in the nation It covers just 24,230 square miles 62,755 sq km of land and water Only nine states are smaller West Virginia shares borders with five states Virginia is to the southeast Maryland and Pennsylvania are to the northeast Ohio borders the northwest and Kentucky is to the southwest West Virginia is nicknamed The Mountain State It lies entirely within the Appalachian Mountains a line of mountains that stretch from southeastern Canada to Alabama The average elevation of West Virginia is about 1,500 feet 457 m the highest of any state east of the Mississippi River 8 WEST VIRGINIA
(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) Wheeling PENNSYLVANIA OHIO Ohio River Parkersburg 77 Huntington 79 64 (cid:43)Charleston T u g F K E o r N T U k R i v er C K Y 64 77 MARYLAND WEST VIRGINIA P o t o mac R i v 81 e r APPALACHIAN M TS 0 0 VIRGINIA N (cid:56) 100 km 100 miles West Virginia’s total land and water area is 24,230 square miles 62,755 sq km It is the 41st-largest state The state capital is Charleston GEOGRAPHY 9
