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The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
It is the largest metropolitan area entirely within the state of West Virginia. The Huntington Metro Area adds to the Charleston–Huntington, WV-OH-KY CSA and spans three states (West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio), while the core county of the Charleston area, Kanawha County, is more populous than the West Virginia portion of the Huntington area.
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia.It is the seat of Kanawha County [9] and is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers.
From 1876 to 1890, Union School was the first location which housed Kanawha County High School. With one principal, two teachers, and about 25 students, the first graduating class consisted of two women. Union School again temporarily housed Kanawha County High School in 1903. Kanawha County High School became Charleston High School a year later.
In West Virginia, the county is the unit of government, although an unsuccessful attempt to introduce the township system was made in West Virginia's first constitution. Each of the state's 55 counties has a county commission , consisting of three commissioners elected for six years but with terms so arranged that one is up for reelection every ...
The band has also won the Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival Grand Championship numerous times (1986, 1991–92, 1994, 1996, 1998–2000, 2017-2022), and has had six girls named Miss Kanawha Majorette (in 1989, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2021,2023).
Charleston Catholic High School was named as having the top athletics program in West Virginia for 2008-2009 school year by Sports Illustrated. In 2013, 65% of students in grades 9 through 12 took at least one AP exam , many taking more than one, with a total of 260 exams taken by CCHS students.
2022 West Virginia Senate election, District 6 [8] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Mark Maynard (incumbent) 3,213 : 60.8 : Republican: Sabrina Grace 1,378 26.1 Republican: Wesley Blankenship 692 13.1 Total votes 5,283 : 100 : General election Republican: Mark Maynard (incumbent) Democratic: Tiffany Clemins Total votes