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The Mountain State
- State Site: Official Web Site of the State of West Virginia
- Capital City:
- Wheeling, 1863-1870. Charleston, 1870-1875. Wheeling, 1875-1885. Charleston, since 1885.
- Charleston
- Capitol:
- Abbreviations:
- Postal: WV
- Traditional: W. Va.
- Admission to Union:
- June 20, 1863, 35th State.
- State List
- Ancestry / Genealogy:
- Apartments: West Virginia Apartments
- Area:
- West Virginia Geography, 24,231 square miles.
- State List
- Area Codes: West Virginia Area Codes
- Biographies: Notable West Virginians
- Bird:
- Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
- State List
- Birth Records: Birth Certificates
- Border States:
- North, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland
- South, Virginia
- East, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
- West, Ohio and Kentucky
- Citizens: West Virginia Citizens
- Climate: Climatology For West Virginia
- Constitution: West Virginia Constitution, 35th state to enter the Union.
- County Profile: West Virginia Counties
- Courts: West Virginia Judicial Branch
- Current Events: West Virginia News
- Death Records: Death Certificates
- Department of: State Agencies Directory
- Driving: Driver's Licenses
- Economy:
- Services: The community, business and personal services group accounts for the largest share of gross product in the services industry. These services are provided by private health care, law firms, repair shops and hotels. Tourist activities such as skiing and white-water rafting bring millions of dollars into the state. A growing information technology sector also contributes to this service group. Ranking second is the wholesale trade (groceries, coal) and retail trade (department stores, food stores, service stations) services group. The government services group ranks third in the services industry and includes operation of public schools and hospitals.
- Manufacturing: Chemicals (adhesives, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics are West Virginia's most valuable manufactured product. Primary metals (tin plate, sheet steel, structural steel, aluminum) rank second. Lumber production is the state's third-ranking manufacturing activity.
- Agriculture: About 85% of West Virginia's agricultural income is from livestock and livestock products. Broilers (5-12 week-old chickens) are the state's most valuable product followed by beef cattle. Dairy products and turkeys are also important sources of agricultural income. Hay is the state's most valuable field crop. Almost all of it is used as cattle feed. Other field crops are corn and tobacco. Large apple and peach crops are grown in West Virginia. [Find out more]
- Mining: Coal is West Virginia's most important mined product and the state leads is among the country's leaders in coal production. About 75% of West Virginia's mining income is derived from coal. Other important mined products are natural gas, accounting for about 20% of the state's mining income, petroleum, crushed stone, salt and sand and gravel.
- Flag:
- Fishing:
- Flower:
- Big Laurel (Rhododendron maximum)
- State List
- Genealogical Resources:
- Geographic Center: West Virginia Geography
- Governor:
- Highest Point: Spruce Knob, 4,861 feet above sea level.
- Highway Markers: West Virginia
- History:
- A West Virginia Chronology
- America's Story: West Virginia
- Notable Events In West Virginia History
- A State of Convenience: The Creation of West Virginia
- West Virginia Statehood
- West Virginia Division of Culture and History: History Center
- The History of the Railroad in West Virginia
- West Virginia's Role in the Civil War
- African-American History in West Virginia
- The Governors of West Virginia
- Women in West Virginia
- Shaping the Capitol Complex
- Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
- A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie
- History of West Virginia Mineral Industries - Coal
- History of WV Mineral Industries - Oil and Gas
- History of West Virginia Mineral Industries - Limestone
- History of West Virginia Mineral Industries - Sandstone
- History of West Virginia Mineral Industries - Salt
- History of West Virginia Mineral Industries - Clay
- History of West Virginia Mineral Industries - Iron
- West Virginia National Register of Historic Places
- West Virginia Historical Society Quarterly
- West Virginia Archives
- Hunting:
- Judiciary: West Virginia Judicial Branch
- Largest Cities: 10 Largest Cities
- Legislature: West Virginia State Legislature
- Library: West Virginia Library Commission
West Virginia License Plate - License Plates: West Virginia
- Lottery: West Virginia Lottery
- Lowest Point: Potomac River, 240 feet above sea level.
- Maps: West Virginia Maps
- Media:
- Motor Vehicles: Division of Motor Vehicles
- Motto:
- Museums: West Virginia Museums
- National Forests:
- National Parks: National Parks in West Virginia
- Natural Resources: For an area that is so small, West Virginia has a wide variety or natural resources including mineral deposits, timber, abundant rainfall and a very scenic landscape. Coal, natural gas, petroleum, brine and rock salt, limestone, sand, clay, sandstone and shale are some of the state's mineral resources. The river valleys contain the most fertile soils, but other areas contain unique soils that are particularly good for grain crops and fruit trees.
- Newspapers: West Virginia
- Nickname: for West Virginia
- Non-transients: Find A Grave
- Online Services: MAYBE
- Origin of State's name: West Virginia
- Political Cartoons: PoliticalCartoons.com
- Population:
- Representatives:
- U.S. House: U.S. House of Representatives Your Representatives
- U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Your Senators
- Find Your State Legislator
- West Virginia House: West Virginia State Delegates.
- West Virginia Senate: West Virginia State Senators
- Road Side America: West Virginia
- Senior Citizens: West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services
- Song: Multiple
- State Parks: West Virginia State Parks
- State Quarter: West Virginia
- Symbols: West Virginia Symbols
- Tax Forms:
- Topography: State Topography Image: West Virginia
- Travel:
- Tree:
- Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
- State List
- Unclaimed Funds: Unclaimed Property
- Veteran Affairs: West Virginia Division of Veteran's Affairs
- Vital Records: West Virginia Vital Records
- Voting: Voter Information
- Weather:
- Web Cams: West Virginia Webcams
- Zip Codes:
- West Virginia Zip Codes
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