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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. Fan District - Wikipedia

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    The Fan is a district of Richmond, Virginia, so named because of the "fan" shape of the array of streets that extend west from Belvidere Street, on the eastern edge of Monroe Park, westward to Arthur Ashe Boulevard. However, the streets rapidly resemble a grid after they go through what is now Virginia Commonwealth University.

  4. List of city nicknames in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    City nicknames can establish a civic identity, help outsiders recognize a community, attract 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 ]

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

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    West Virginia is located in the Appalachian Mountains, making the "Mountain State" a fitting nickname. West Virginia is located in the Appalachian Mountains. Zack Frank/Shutterstock

  6. Oceana, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Oceana is located at (37.692976, -81.634386 The confluence of the Clear Fork and the Laurel Fork is in the town. [7]According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.33 square miles (3.44 km 2), of which 1.29 square miles (3.34 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) is water.

  7. Richwood, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Richwood is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.In 2020, the census showed Richwood with a population of 1,661. [2] During the 19th and early 20th century Richwood was a booming coal and lumber town.

  8. Madison, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Madison is located at (38.061816, -81.818216 The Little Coal River is formed at Madison by the confluence of its Spruce Fork and its Pond Fork.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.07 square miles (18.31 km 2), of which 7.01 square miles (18.16 km 2) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km 2) is water.

  9. Cairo, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Cairo (/ ˈ k ɛər oʊ / KAIR-oh) is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States, along West Virginia Route 31, the North Fork of the Hughes River, and the North Bend Rail Trail. [5] The population was 174 at the 2020 census .