Why is West Virginia West Virginia?

Answer 1

The mountain people had always felt different from the coastal communities, and they didn't approve of the secession.

So in turn, they seceded from Virginia, to form their own State of West Virginia, which joined the USA in 1863.

Answer 2

The western counties of Virginia had long had differences with the eastern counties. When the Civil War began and Virginia seceded from the Union, the western counties seceded from Virginia to remain part of the Union, initially as a loyal government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1863 those counties were admitted to the Union as the State of West Virginia. As a result, after the war they did not have to again become part of the then defeated Commonwealth of Virginia.

Answer 3

Because it formed part of Virginia, but disapproved of that state's decision to break away from the USA in 1861.

So it broke away from Virginia, and became West Virginia -

It is called WEST Virginia because it once was WESTERN Virginia as any quick glance at a map can tell you.

Answer 4

At the time of the American revolution the territory of Virginia (the largest colony and state) included what is now west virginia and part of southern Ohio. When the state of Virginia seceded from the United States to join the Confederacy in 1861, the majority of people in the western part of the state disagreed with that decision, and effectively seceded from Virginia. West Virginia was admitted as a state in the United States on June 20, 1863.

Answer 5

because it's west of Virginia and it was a part of Virginia a long time ago