| WEST
VIRGINIA
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| CHARLESTON |
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| AREA |
24,087 sq miles (41st) (Land) 24,087 sq. miles (Water) 145 sq. miles |
| CAPITAL |
Charleston |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Entered Union (rank): June 20, 1863 (35) , Present constitution adopted: 1872 |
| LOCATION
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38.350N, 081.630W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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1,500 ft. |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Spruce knob; 4,863 feet, 24th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Potomac River; 240 feet, 31st |
| COUNTIES |
55 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
Braxton |
| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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| STATE GEMSTONE
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Lithostrotionella |
| STATE FLAG
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A white field is bordered in dark blue. West Virginia's flag displays a rock containing the date June 20, 1863, the day West Virginia became a state. The two men represent farming and mining. Below them are two rifles with a "Liberty Cap" on top the rifles. A banner ribbon includes the state motto " Mountainiers Are Always Free". Around the picture are a wreath of rhododendren and the name of the state on a red ribbon. |
| STATE COLORS
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blue and gold (official) (1863) |
| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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One Big Happy Family - Really! |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Montani semper liberi Mountaineers are always free |
| STATE SONG
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West Virginia My Home ,The West Virginia Hills ,This Is My West Virginia
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| STATE TREE
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Sugar Maple Acer saccharum |
| STATE BIRD
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Cardinal |
| STATE ANIMAL
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black bear (1973) |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Mountain State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Kentucky Maryland Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia |
