West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863.
1863
West Virginia entered the Union on June 20 of 1863.
West Virginia was admitted to the Union as the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863.
It was declared a state of the Union in 1863.
The year 1861 is the date of West Virginia's becoming a Union state in the United States of America. The state was formed once a majority of the population in Virginia's 50 northwestern counties opted for joining the Union and opposing the Confederacy of Southern States.
what two states were the last to enter the union,and in what years did they enter
According to the NACo, Boone County, West Virginia was founded in the year 1847.
what two states were the last to enter the union,and in what years did they enter
25 June 1788 ANSWER West Virginia join the Union on May 13, 1861, when a Convention composed by the delegates of 26 West Virginia's Counties met at Wheeling. The delegates unanimously declared themselves against the secession, asking to be relieved by the Union troops standing in Ohio. Furthermore, on June 1,1861, a local Convention made up of 34 Counties met at Wheeling and appointed a Governor. The Confederate opposing forces in West Virginia were decisively defeated at Philippi on June 3rd and on July 11th and 13th at Rich Mountain and Carrick's Ford thus signing the definitive separation of West Virginia from the Old Dominion.
{| |- | That would be 1863. The western counties of Virginia met and elected to reject the rest of the state's succession. They stayed with the Union, though there was a lot of conflict within the state as to which side they should support. |}
In 1803.
1867
The split occured in 1861.{| |- | That would be 1863. The western counties of Virginia met and elected to reject the rest of the state's succession. They stayed with the Union, though there was a lot of conflict within the state as to which side they should support. |}