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ID: 7013961
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Record Type: administrative |
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West Virginia (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 080 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -80.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by mammoth-hunters 12,000 BCE, by Archaic People 9,000 BCE and Mound Builders ca. 500 BCE, then Fort Ancient people; Iroquois League dominated by 1650; Europeans settled in 17th-18th cen.; invaded by British during Revolution; pro-Union in Civil War. |
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| West Virginia (preferred,C,V)
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............ | "Virginia" was term originally applied to larger area, named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, "the Virgin Queen" |
| WV (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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separated from Virginia over issue of secession from the Union in 1861, formally a state since June 20, 1863 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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