No- no US president has been from West Virginia. Further, none of Virginia presidents lived in that part of Virginia that became the state of West Virginia.
West Virginia has been to the Final Four 2 times: 1959 and 2010.
Kanawha was a proposed name for the new state.Vandaliahad been another name of a previous attempt to separate from Virginia. 30 of 44 members of the Wheeling Convention preferred the name West Virginia.
The official state rock of West Virginia is Coal.
Highland County in western Virginia (not West Virginia) is known as the Little Switzerland of Virginia for its mountainous and pastoral setting. <http://www.highlandcounty.org/>
No. No such ballot measure has ever been approved by the West Virginia legislature.
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No. A marriage equality bill has never been introduced in the West Virginia legislature.
Virginia used to be what is now West Virginia AND Virginia. On June 20, 1863, West Virginia joined the Union, leaving Virginia as a confederate state. There is no East Virginia because it has always been called just "Virginia." It's likely that there will never be an East Virginia unless the Eastern portion of Virginia becomes its own state. Then there would be a West Virginia, Virginia, and East Virginia.
Approximately 1.85 million people. West Virginia has been experiencing a population loss over the last decade.
West Virginia, formerly a part of Virginia, was admitted into the Union June 20th, 1863 as the 35th state. It will be 147 years old in 2010.
Delaware, Virginia, and New Hampshire are 3 such states.