A report on West Virginia
State in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.
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Virginia
27 linksState in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
State in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
During the American Civil War, Virginia was split when the state government in Richmond joined the Confederacy, but many of the state's northwestern counties wanted to remain with the Union, helping form the state of West Virginia in 1863.
Kentucky
24 linksState in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South.
State in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South.
Kentucky borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to the east; Tennessee to the south; and Missouri to the west.
Maryland
20 linksState in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
State in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east.
Pennsylvania
19 linksU.S. state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Appalachian regions of the United States.
U.S. state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Appalachian regions of the United States.
It borders Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to the east.
Charleston, West Virginia
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Charleston is the capital and most populous city of West Virginia.
Ohio
16 linksState in the Midwestern region of the United States.
State in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest.
Appalachian Mountains
15 linksThe Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America.
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America.
The term is often used more restrictively to refer to regions in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains, usually including areas in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and North Carolina, as well as sometimes extending as far south as northern Alabama, Georgia and western South Carolina, and as far north as Pennsylvania, southern and east central Ohio, Lower New York and the Southern Tier region of New York.
Ohio River
18 links981 mi long river in the United States.
981 mi long river in the United States.
In his original draft of the Land Ordinance of 1784, Thomas Jefferson proposed a new state called "Pelisipia", to the south of the Ohio River, which would have included parts of present-day Eastern Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia.
Potomac River
13 linksThe Potomac River drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay.
The Potomac River drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay.
The river forms part of the borders between Maryland and Washington, D.C. on the left descending bank and between West Virginia and Virginia on the right descending bank.
Washington, D.C.
12 linksCapital city and federal district of the United States.
Capital city and federal district of the United States.
Washington's metropolitan area, the country's sixth-largest (including parts of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia), had a 2019 estimated population of 6.3 million residents.