Because the name refers to a rugged terrain of thye Allegheny Mountains that cross the state.
West Virginia
Charleston is the capital city in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
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West Virginia is the state that borders Virginia to the west, hence the name.
West Virginia's state capital is Charleston
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Arkansas & West Virginia
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Take a look at a map: parts of Virginia are west of the state of West Virginia. When it was removed from Virginia and made a separate state in the Civil War, West Virginia received that name because it was on the western side of the Appalachians.
West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863.