Because of the US Civil War.
West Virginia
The capital of West Virginia is Charleston.
West Virginia
Kentucky and west Virginia
it is west virginia's state seal.
West Virginia.
West Virginia is to the west.
West Virginia
The West Virginia state bird is a Cardinal
West Virginia doesn't have a state horse.
West Virginia is nicknamed "The Mountain State."
Abraham Lincoln was the President at the time West Virginia became a state. He, along with the Congress, decided to form the state of Virginia.