One of the best websites to look at a detailed map of Virginia would be at geology.com/state-map/virginia.shtml. This would be a great website to refer to when looking at the Virginia map.
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.
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Yes. If you Google "Virginia 1800s map" under Images, plenty of pictures should show up.
To get a map of west Virginia I would go to the official state site west Virginia dot Gov. They have a good map with all the famous destinations pointed out with roads.
At a glance Virginia roughly looks like a triangle on the map.
There are a lot of sites that have a Map of Virginia, but very few that have an antique map of Virginia. I'm also not sure which one would have the best ones, but if you look I'm sure you'll find one.
Richmond is in central Virginia where I-64 and I-95 meet.
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A good site for finding a map of West Virginia's major roads and cities would be geology.com. It shows all of West Virginia's major interstates and cities, and has different types of map, depending on what you are looking for.
It tells the map reader what the map is about.
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