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Cheat Mountain (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-west-virginia-state-of
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-west-virginia-state-of
Guyandotte (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-west-virginia-state-of
Lewisburg (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-west-virginia-state-of
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West Virginia, state of
A State of the United States formed from Virginia west of the Alleghany Mountains, is of irregular shape, a narrow strip known as the Panhandle extending north between Pennsylvania and Ohio some 70 miles, and Maryland cutting a triangle out of the northeastern portion.
It lies between lat. 37° 5′ and 40° 37′ N., and long.
77° 4′ and 82° 40′ W. Its general boundary is Pennsylvania and Maryland on the north, Virginia on the east and south, and Kentucky and Ohio on thOhio on the west.
Area, 24,780 square miles in fifty-four counties.
Population, 1890, 762,794; 1900, 958,800.
Capital, Charleston.
Harper's Ferry established as a ferry......1748
Baptist church formed at Opequon, Berkeley county, under charge of Rev. John Gerard, from New England......1754
Battle of the Trough, near Moorefield.
A small band of settlers pursuing Indians under Kill Buck are hemmed in between mountain and river, and obliged to retreat with loss of half their number......spr
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Thomas Jefferson (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-west-virginia-state-of