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The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Virginian Southern Unionists, who aimed to repeal the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It became one of two American states that formed during the American Civil War – the other ...
List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia. Old Main (Bethany College) Campbell Mansion. Wheeling Suspension Bridge. West Virginia Independence Hall. Grave Creek Mound. Davis and Elkins Historic District. Weston Hospital Main Building. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church.
Prehistory of West Virginia. The Prehistory of West Virginia spans ancient times until the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century. [1] Hunters ventured into West Virginia's mountain valleys and made temporary camp villages since the Archaic period in the Americas.
West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.
The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence from the Confederacy. In the summer of 1861, Union troops, which included a number of newly formed ...
This category has the following 34 subcategories, out of 34 total. History of West Virginia by period (4 C) Pre-statehood history of West Virginia (6 C, 27 P) Histories of cities in West Virginia (3 P)