West Virginia was once a part of the state of Virginia. WV was
admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.
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West Virginia is relatively mountainous, very rural, with much farmland.
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Friendly, West Virginia is a town along the Ohio River.
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West Virginia's highest elevation point, Spruce Knob, is 4,862
feet (1,482 meters) above sea level. West Virginia's lowest
elevation point, the Potomac River at the Virginia state border, is
240 feet (73 meters) above sea level