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[[Image:West_Virginia_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of West Virginia.]]

[[Image:West_Virginia_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of West Virginia.]]

'''West Virginia''' became the thirty-fifth state on June 20, 1863, after separating from [[Virginia]] during the [[War Between the States]]. The official nickname is "The Mountain State" and the state has the highest mean elevation on any east of the Mississippi River. West Virginia is comprised of 55 counties lying between the Ohio River on the west and the high Allegheny ridges of the Appalachian Mountains on the East.  

'''West Virginia''' became the thirty-fifth state on June 20, 1863, after separating from [[Virginia]] during the [[War Between the States]]. The official nickname is "The Mountain State" and the state has the highest mean elevation of any state east of the Mississippi River. West Virginia is comprised of 55 counties lying between the Ohio River on the west and the high Allegheny ridges of the Appalachian Mountains on the East.  

Its odd shape, most boundaries following rivers and ridges, has caused one Mountaineer to remark, "It is a pretty good state for the shape it's in."

Its odd shape, most boundaries following rivers and ridges, has caused one Mountaineer to remark, "It is a pretty good state for the shape it's in."