The Frederick County Board of Supervisors did not ... “additional territory may be admitted into and become part of [West Virginia] state with the consent of the [Virginia] legislature.” ...

In time, 11 more counties joined, and the bulk of what is now West Virginia was poised to become a state. The mountains west of the Blue Ridge became the eastern boundary, thus forming a natural ...

West Virginia was formed when a set of counties did just that during the ... He recalled that Kentucky was once part of Virginia and became its own state shortly after the American Revolution ...

West Virginia is theonly state to be formed by seceding from a Confederate state. Some Virginia border counties were given the choice to become part of the new state if their residents approved.

Republican legislators from three Western Maryland counties have asked to join West Virginia — a move they ... the fringe movement for California to become its own nation, to Liberty University ...

coal mine employment in West Virginia has fallen by more than 27 percent. Some places have been hit especially hard. In Boone County, a short drive from Charleston, the mining cuts have shattered ...