The mountain people had always felt different from the coastal communities, and they didn't approve of the secession.
So in turn, they seceded from Virginia, to form their own State of West Virginia, which joined the USA in 1863.
The western counties of Virginia had long had differences with the eastern counties. When the Civil War began and Virginia seceded from the Union, the western counties seceded from Virginia to remain part of the Union, initially as a loyal government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1863 those counties were admitted to the Union as the State of West Virginia. As a result, after the war they did not have to again become part of the then defeated Commonwealth of Virginia.
Because it formed part of Virginia, but disapproved of that state's decision to break away from the USA in 1861.
So it broke away from Virginia, and became West Virginia -
It is called WEST Virginia because it once was WESTERN Virginia as any quick glance at a map can tell you.
At the time of the American revolution the territory of Virginia (the largest colony and state) included what is now west virginia and part of southern Ohio. When the state of Virginia seceded from the United States to join the Confederacy in 1861, the majority of people in the western part of the state disagreed with that decision, and effectively seceded from Virginia. West Virginia was admitted as a state in the United States on June 20, 1863.
because it's west of Virginia and it was a part of Virginia a long time ago
West Virginia is North-West of Virgina. They are adjoining states; West Virginia was once part of Virginia.
West Virginia
West Virginia has three different state songs. They are "The West Virginia Hills," "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home," and "This is My West Virginia."
The states of Virginia and West Virginia are still that: the separate states of Virginia and West Virginia.
virginia. think about it... west virginia is called west virginia because it's west of virginia. :/
It is actually considered to be north-northwest (NNW)
Virginia
Virginia is longer than West Virginia.
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There is no such state as "East Virginia." There is just Virginia and West Virginia. However, Virginia and West Virginia do share a border.
West Virginia is to the west.
West Virginia and Kentucky