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  2. List of city nicknames in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]

  3. List of U.S. state and territory nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.

  4. Morgantown, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    ZIP codes: 26501, 26505, 26508. Area code: 304, 681: ... The latter's name is that of a non-existent Native American tribe whose name is a ... West Virginia, by ...

  5. Bluefield, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    ZIP code: 24605. Area code: 276: FIPS code: 51-08152 [3 ... West Virginia city. [6] The name change was celebrated in a mock marriage ceremony held in the city park ...

  6. Here's how every state got its nickname - AOL

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    West Virginia is located in the Appalachian Mountains. Zack Frank/Shutterstock It is the only state located completely within the Appalachian Mountains which is why it was given such a nickname.

  7. Every state's nickname and where it comes from - AOL

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    The name derived from Virginia being the first overseas dominion of English royalty. Virginia has several monikers, including the Mother of Presidents and Mother of States, but The Old Dominion ...

  8. Beckley, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Beckley metropolitan area of Southern West Virginia, home to 115,079 residents in 2020.

  9. Clarksburg, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Nickname: Jewel of the Hills ... ZIP Codes: 26301-26302, 26306. Area code: 304: ... The West Virginia Preservation Alliance, the state's first, was created in ...