During the Civil War, those counties of VA supported the Union, not the Confederacy.
West Virginia is North-West of Virgina. They are adjoining states; West Virginia was once part of Virginia.
West Virginia
West Virginia has three different state songs. They are "The West Virginia Hills," "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home," and "This is My West Virginia."
virginia. think about it... west virginia is called west virginia because it's west of virginia. :/
The states of Virginia and West Virginia are still that: the separate states of Virginia and West Virginia.
It is actually considered to be north-northwest (NNW)
Virginia
Virginia is longer than West Virginia.
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There is no such state as "East Virginia." There is just Virginia and West Virginia. However, Virginia and West Virginia do share a border.
West Virginia is to the west.
Most residents of the western counties of the Commonwealth of Virginia did not want to seceed from the Union. After the Civil War began, those counties broke away from Virginia and were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia. Nevada also owes its creation to that bloody conflict and it boasts this fact in the state flag, It was created out of Utah and became the 36th US State on 31 October 1864.