West Virginia became a state on June 20th, 1863.
{| |- | That would be in 1863. Lincoln signed the bill that made it official on June 20th. 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. |}
1863
At the beginning of the Civil War the State of Virginia voted to secede from the Union, but many of the the people in what is now West Virginia were loyal to the Union and did not want to join the Confederacy, so they split off from the rest of Virginia and they officially became a state on June 20, 1863.
To make a very long and convoluted story short, West Virginia seceded from Virginia after Virginia seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. Having done so they petitioned for Statehood and Lincoln granted it despite it being Uncostitutional.
In 1863, or to be more specific, June 20, 1863.
The state of West Virginia was officially created on June 20, 1863.
On 13 May 1862, West Virginia split from Virginia and became a separated State.
1865
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Harrisburg became its state capitol on January 16th,1798
It was August 10, 1821, and it was the 24th state to become part of America.
New Mexico became the 47th state of the United States on 6 January 1912.
Albany became the official capital of the state of New York, USA in 1797. Albany is located in the Hudson River west bank.
West Virginia's state abbreviation is WV.
West Virginia was admitted into the Union on June 20, 1863 becoming the 35th state to join the Union.
The 50th state
US is not a state it is a country!
1998
Uh... Mexico is not a state. It is a country.
December 14th, 1819 it was admitted as the 22nd U.S state but it later left the Union to become a Confederate state
The standard two letter abbreviation for the state of West Virginia is WV.
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Never. Chicago is not a state. Chicago is a city.
{| |- | June 1861 was the month and year. It was the only state that was established during the Civil War. There continues to be controversy over the method used to create the state. |}