West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions of the Southern USA. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the northeast, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 38th in population with 1,792,147 inhabitants in 2019. Its capital and largest city is Charleston. Its governor is Jim Justice.
West Virginia has generally a humid subtropical climate, with warm to hot, humid summers and chilly winters. Forests cover more than three-fourths of the state; it’s home to rabbits, squirrels, gray foxes, opossums, skunks, raccoons, and groundhogs.
After the British arrived in the 1600s, the area that now encompasses West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and parts of North Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York was altogether called Virginia. The British drove out the Natives in order to give their lands to the Europeans. At the beginning of the Civil War (1861-1865), West Virginia refused to secede from the Union along with the rest of the state. West Virginia separated from Virginia in 1861, and two years later, it became a state on its own.
West Virginia has an abundance and variety of natural resources, although bituminous coal is the most important. The state’s recoverable coal reserves are estimated varyingly at 2 to 50 billion tons; natural gas dominates the state’s west-central portion. Petroleum is extracted in the northern two-thirds of the gas-producing areas.
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Complete List of Cities in West Virginia
PADEN CITY
Paden City is a City in Wetzel county with -3 000 inhabitants.
PARKERSBURG
Parkersburg is a City in Wood county with -40 000 inhabitants.
PARSONS
Parsons is a City in Tucker county with -1 500 inhabitants.
PAW PAW
Paw Paw is a Town in Morgan county with -1 000 inhabitants.
PAX
Pax is a Town in Fayette county with -500 inhabitants.
PENNSBORO
Pennsboro is a City in Ritchie county with -1 500 inhabitants.
PETERSBURG
Petersburg is a City in Grant county with -2 500 inhabitants.
PETERSTOWN
Peterstown is a Town in Monroe county with -500 inhabitants.
PHILIPPI
Philippi is a City in Barbour county with -3 000 inhabitants.
PIEDMONT
Piedmont is a Town in Mineral county with -1 500 inhabitants.
PINE GROVE
Pine Grove is a Town in Wetzel county with -1 000 inhabitants.
PINEVILLE
Pineville is a Town in Wyoming county with -1 000 inhabitants.
PLEASANT VALLEY
Pleasant Valley is a City in Marion county with -4 000 inhabitants.
POCA
Poca is a Town in Putnam county with -1 500 inhabitants.
POINT PLEASANT
Point Pleasant is a City in Mason county with -5 000 inhabitants.
PRATT
Pratt is a Town in Kanawha county with -1 000 inhabitants.
PRINCETON
Princeton is a City in Mercer county with -10 000 inhabitants.
PULLMAN
Pullman is a Town in Ritchie county with -500 inhabitants.
QUINWOOD
Quinwood is a Town in Greenbrier county with -500 inhabitants.
RAINELLE
Rainelle is a Town in Greenbrier county with -2 000 inhabitants.
RANSON
Ranson is a City in Jefferson county with -3 000 inhabitants.
RAVENSWOOD
Ravenswood is a City in Jackson county with -5 000 inhabitants.
REEDSVILLE
Reedsville is a Town in Preston county with -1 000 inhabitants.
REEDY
Reedy is a Town in Roane county with -500 inhabitants.
RHODELL
Rhodell is a Town in Raleigh county with -500 inhabitants.
RICHWOOD
Richwood is a City in Nicholas county with -2 500 inhabitants.
RIDGELEY
Ridgeley is a Town in Mineral county with -1 000 inhabitants.
RIPLEY
Ripley is a City in Jackson county with -4 000 inhabitants.
RIVESVILLE
Rivesville is a Town in Marion county with -1 000 inhabitants.
ROMNEY
Romney is a City in Hampshire county with -2 000 inhabitants.