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No, counties cannot legally secede from a state in the United States. The Constitution does not provide for counties to secede from a state.

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Which state was formed when five of the Northern counties in Virginia decided not to secede from the Union?

West Virginia


What new state was created during the the civil war?

That would be West Virginia. Virginia's northwesternmost counties did not wish to secede when the state's legislature voted to do so.


What state was formed when five of the Northern counties in Virginia decided not to secede from the Union?

West Virginia


Did West Virginia secede in the civil war?

West Virginia was formed from fifty counties in Virginia that refused to secede from the United States. Virginia seceded, but West Virginia became a new state and joined the Union.


In which state did 48 counties secede from the Confederacy and join the union?

I don't think there was a state with exactly 48 counties that joined the Union. West Virginia with 55 counties broke off from Virginia and joined the Union. 28 counties in Tennessee, mostly in the eastern part of the state supported the Union. Various counties in other Confederate states where plantations did not dominate the economy also supported the Union or at least felt opposed to secession.


Can a county legally secede from a state?

No, a county cannot legally secede from a state.


How may a state secede?

There was no official way that a state could secede, so the question was tested by the Civil War. That war determined that a state could not secede. There is a possible exception to this, as many people believe the Constitution of the State of Vermont retains the right for that state to secede.


Why did west virginia become its own state?

Because the mountain people in the Western counties did not think that Virginia should have seceded from the USA. So they seceded from Virginia.


What number state did sc secede from the union?

Number One. South Carolina was the first state to secede.


How come West Virginia was able to secede?

The counties of West Virginia we're able to secede from Virginia because they had the Armed backing of the North during the American Civil War


Is Virginia a coastal state?

Yes. In fact, at the beginning of the Civil War, the Western counties of Virginia, which had never got on well with the coastal communities, decided to secede from Virginia, and they formed their own state of West Virginia, part of the Union.


Which state was became the last to secede from the union on December 20?

The last state to secede from the Union was the North Carolina.