West Virginia

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West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N, NE), Virginia (E and S), Kentucky (W) and, across the Ohio River, Ohio (NW).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Late-Twentieth-Century Developments
• Industrial Expansion and the Labor Movement
• Postwar Political Changes and the Hatfield-McCoy Feud
• Civil War and the Creation of West Virginia
• Growth and Estrangement from Eastern Virginia
• The American Revolution
• Early Inhabitants and European Settlement
• Government, Politics, and Higher Education
• Economy
• Geography
• Facts and Figures

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