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.
If you want information about your city in West Virginia, click on the West Virginia city names or West Virginia town names below:
Complete List of Cities in West Virginia
BOLIVAR
Bolivar is a Town in Jefferson county with -1 500 inhabitants.
BELMONT
Belmont is a City in Pleasants county with -1 500 inhabitants.
PIEDMONT
Piedmont is a Town in Mineral county with -1 500 inhabitants.
POCA
Poca is a Town in Putnam county with -1 500 inhabitants.
SUTTON
Sutton is a Town in Braxton county with -1 500 inhabitants.
ELIZABETH
Elizabeth is a Town in Wirt county with -1 000 inhabitants.
BETHANY
Bethany is a Town in Brooke county with -1 000 inhabitants.
CARPENDALE
Carpendale is a Town in Mineral county with -1 000 inhabitants.
RUPERT
Rupert is a Town in Greenbrier county with -1 000 inhabitants.
MONONGAH
Monongah is a Town in Marion county with -1 000 inhabitants.
LUMBERPORT
Lumberport is a Town in Harrison county with -1 000 inhabitants.
EAST BANK
East Bank is a Town in Kanawha county with -1 000 inhabitants.
GARY
Gary is a City in McDowell county with -1 000 inhabitants.
RIVESVILLE
Rivesville is a Town in Marion county with -1 000 inhabitants.
GLASGOW
Glasgow is a Town in Kanawha county with -1 000 inhabitants.