West Virginia

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West Virginia is a landlocked, mountainous U.S. state in the Appalachian region, known for its coal mining history, outdoor recreation, and distinct cultural heritage.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state
federated state
admittedAsStateNumber 35
admittedToUnionOn 1863-06-20
areaRankAmongUSStates small to mid-sized
belongsTo Appalachian Regional Commission
borderedBy Kentucky
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
capital Charleston, West Virginia
coatOfArms Seal of West Virginia
contains Monongahela National Forest
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
country United States of America
deFactoLanguage English
drivesOn right
flag Flag of West Virginia
governedBy Governor of West Virginia
hasCoalMiningHistory true
hasDistinctCulturalHeritage true
highestPoint Spruce Knob
highestPointElevationMeters 1482
isLandlocked true
ISOCode US-WV
judicialBody Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
knownFor Appalachian culture
coal mining
natural gas production
outdoor recreation
largestCity Charleston, West Virginia
legislativeBody West Virginia Legislature
locatedIn Appalachian region
Eastern United States
lowerHouse West Virginia House of Delegates
majorRiver Kanawha River
Monongahela River
Ohio River
motto Montani semper liberi
mountainRange Appalachian Mountains
nickname Mountain State
officialLanguageStatus no official language at state level
populationRankAmongUSStates small
postalAbbreviation WV
primaryElectricGridInterconnection Eastern Interconnection
separatedFrom Virginia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
upperHouse West Virginia Senate

Referenced by (309)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Athens, West Virginia
Bayard, West Virginia
Beckley, West Virginia
Berkeley County, West Virginia
Berkeley Medical Center
Bethany College (Bethany, West Virginia)
Bethany, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Bluefield Commercial Historic District
Bluefield High School
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, West Virginia
Bluestone National Scenic River
Bluewell, West Virginia
Bolivar, West Virginia
Boone County, West Virginia
Brush Creek Falls
Cacapon River
Camp Creek State Park
Charles Town, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Concord University
Coopers, West Virginia
Eads Mill, West Virginia
Edna, West Virginia, United States
Fairfax Stone
Fairmont State Fighting Falcons men's basketball
Farmington High School
Fayette County, West Virginia
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Gauley River National Recreation Area
Glenville State College men's basketball
Green Bank, West Virginia
Greenbrier County
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Interstate 73
Interstate 81
Jefferson County, West Virginia
Kearneysville, West Virginia
Kegley, West Virginia
Lashmeet, West Virginia
Logan County
Logan, West Virginia
MARC Brunswick Line
Martinsburg High School
Martinsburg, West Virginia
McDowell County
McDowell County, West Virginia
Melrose, West Virginia
Mercer County
Mercer County Commission
Mingo County
Monongahela River
Monroe County, West Virginia
Montcalm, West Virginia
Morgan County, West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia
Myra, West Virginia
National Tracing Center
Nature’s Air-Conditioned City
New River Community and Technical College Princeton campus
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nicholas County
Oak Hill, West Virginia
Oak Hill, West Virginia
Oakvale, West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Pocahontas County
Princeton, West Virginia
Raleigh County
Raleigh County, West Virginia
Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
South Branch Potomac River
Spanishburg, West Virginia
Spring Mills High School
Summers County
Summit Point, West Virginia
Thomas, West Virginia
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
West Virginia Route 123
West Virginia Route 20
West Virginia Route 9
West Virginia Turnpike
West Virginia University
Wyoming County
Wyoming County, West Virginia
state
167th Airlift Wing
Allegheny Mountains
Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters
Athens, West Virginia
Backbone Mountain
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops
Bluefield Commercial Historic District
Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill television market
Bluestone National Scenic River
Bluewell, West Virginia
Boone County, West Virginia
Brush Creek Falls
Cacapon River
Camp Creek State Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Cumberland Mountains
Downtown Martinsburg Historic District
Eads Mill, West Virginia
Fairfax Stone
Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park
Gauley River National Recreation Area
God’s Acre Cemetery, Bethany, West Virginia
Grant County, West Virginia
Green Bank Observatory
Greenbrier County
Hagerstown–Martinsburg, MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
Independent Verification and Validation Facility
Jefferson Rock
Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility
Logan County
Martinsburg station
Matoaka, West Virginia
McDowell County
McDowell County, West Virginia
Melrose, West Virginia
Mercer County
Mercer County, West Virginia
Mingo County
Monroe County, West Virginia
Montcalm, West Virginia
Morgan County, West Virginia
Myra, West Virginia
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nicholas County
North Branch Potomac River
Oak Hill, West Virginia
Pinnacle Rock State Park
Pocahontas County
Raleigh County
Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
South Branch Potomac River
Spanishburg, West Virginia
St. John’s Episcopal Church (ruins)
Summers County
Summers County, West Virginia
United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry ("West Virginia (modern)")
Washington metropolitan area
West Virginia Route 20
Wyoming County
Wyoming County, West Virginia
locatedIn
Athens, West Virginia ("State of West Virginia")
Greenbrier County
Kegley, West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia ("State of West Virginia")
McDowell County
Mingo County
Myra, West Virginia
Oak Hill, West Virginia
Spanishburg, West Virginia ("State of West Virginia")
Summers County ("State of West Virginia")
countrySubdivision
Bayard, West Virginia
Berkeley County, West Virginia
Eads Mill, West Virginia ("State of West Virginia")
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia ("State of West Virginia")
McDowell County ("State of West Virginia")
Mingo County ("State of West Virginia")
Myra, West Virginia
Southern West Virginia
partOf
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Valley
Interstate 77
National Road
Old U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 19
passesThrough
Kentucky
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Pocahontas County ("Virginia")
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
borderedBy
Washington County, Maryland
Western Maryland
Western Shore of Maryland
Western Virginia
borders
Bramwell, West Virginia ("State of West Virginia")
Kegley, West Virginia
Martinsburg City Council ("State of West Virginia")
Mercer County Airport
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Bluefield Residential Historic District
FBI Counterterrorism Division
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
West Virginia Legislature
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge province
Valley and Ridge Province
extendsThrough
Northeastern United States
Rust Belt
South Atlantic
hasState
Big Blues
Glenville State College men's basketball
West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
homeState
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission ("State of West Virginia")
West Virginia Legislature ("State of West Virginia")
jurisdiction
Bethany College
Bluefield micropolitan area
Harpers Ferry station
locatedInState
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
Western Maryland Railway
operatedIn
Brush Creek Falls ("State of West Virginia")
Fairfax Stone ("State of West Virginia")
Wheeling Suspension Bridge ("State of West Virginia")
owner
Brunswick Line
MARC Brunswick Line
Maryland Area Regional Commuter
serves
Monongahela River
North Branch Potomac River
Potomac River
sourceLocation
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources ("State of West Virginia")
West Virginia Legislature
appliesToJurisdiction
Appalachia
Appalachian Plateau
extendsInto
Monongahela River
Potomac River
flowsThrough
Backbone Mountain
North Branch Potomac River
formsBorderBetween
Eastern United States
Southern United States
includesState
USS West Virginia ("U.S. state of West Virginia")
USS West Virginia (BB-48) ("U.S. state of West Virginia")
namedAfter
McDowell County ("WV")
Morgan County, West Virginia ("WV")
postalAbbreviationState
Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional)
Mason–Dixon Line
separates
Interstate 70
U.S. Route 50
stateTraversed
Boone County, West Virginia
Wyoming County
subdivisionOf
Whitetail Resort ("Virginia")
accessibleFrom
Hurricane Agnes (1972)
affectedArea
Hurricane Katrina
affectedU.S.State
167th Airlift Wing
allegiance
Ohio River
basinIncludesState
Kegley, West Virginia
belongsTo
Chuck Yeager
birthState
Steubenville, Ohio
border
Virginia
bordersState
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
containsStateOrDistrict
South Eastern Reporter
coversJurisdiction
Bluefield–Beckley–Oak Hill television market
coversState
Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region
extendsAcross
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission ("State of West Virginia")
fundingSource
Old Dominion
hasBorderWith
Fourth federal judicial circuit
hasJurisdictionOver
United States South Atlantic states
hasMember
Chesapeake Bay Program
hasPartner
Allegheny Mountains
highestPointLocatedIn
Shawnee
historicalRegion
Union
includedState
Upper South
includes
contiguous United States
includesAdministrativeTerritory
Mississippi River basin
includesPartOf
Ohio Valley region
includesTerritoryOf
Thomas, West Virginia
incorporatedIn
Charleston, West Virginia
isCapitalOf
Jefferson County, West Virginia
isEasternmostCountyOf
Charleston, West Virginia
isLargestCityOf
West Virginia ("US-WV")
ISOCode
Oakvale, West Virginia
isPartOf
Matoaka, West Virginia
isPopulatedPlaceIn
Mercer County
isSubdivisionOf
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
locatedInRegion
Eads Mill, West Virginia
locatedInSubnationalEntity
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
location
Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
locationOfOriginatingDispute
Southeastern Woodlands
modernStatesOverlap
Hagerstown, Maryland
nearBorderWith
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
operatedInState
MARC
operatesIn
Norfolk Southern Railway
operatesInState
MARC Train
operatingArea
Bible Belt
partlyIn
West Virginia ("WV")
postalAbbreviation
Matoaka, West Virginia ("WV")
postalCodeState
Brunswick Line
primaryLocale
Robert Byrd
represents
West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball ("State of West Virginia")
representsRegion
West Virginia Route 20
runsTheLengthOf
U.S. Route 460
runsThrough
The Devil All the Time
settingPlace
Ohio
sharesBorderWith
West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
shortName
Mid-Atlantic states
sometimesIncludes
Northern cardinal
stateBirdOf
Backbone Mountain ("Maryland and West Virginia")
stateBorderBetween
United States Census Bureau South region
stateIncluded
Sam Huff
stateOfHighSchool
Robert Byrd
stateRepresentedInSenate
United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
stateServed
Grant County, West Virginia
stateSubdivisionOf
Berkeley County, West Virginia
subdivisionName1
Eastern Time Zone
usedByUSStatePortion
Gauley River National Recreation Area
USStateProtectedArea
Cardinal (train)
viaState
Chesapeake Bay
watershedStates

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