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Prior to the Civil War West Virginia didn't exist. It was a part of Virginia. When the war started the citizens of the western part of the state didn't want to join the Confederacy so they opted to split away and form their own state that would remain on the side of the Union. It was almost named Kanawha but the residents and the Legislature thought better of that idea.

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