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West Virginia
Statehood: 20 June 1863
35th state of the United States
Bordering states:
North: Ohio (NW)
South: Virginia (SE)
East: Maryland, Pennsylvania (NE)
West: Kentucky (SW)
Capital: Charleston
Largest city: Charleston
Map: West Virginia, 1914
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Virtual Libraries
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History
Maps
West Virginia Maps, Library of Congress
West Virginia Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of West Virginia County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Historical Maps Works: West Virginia
Manuscripts
West Virginia Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Additional websites
Record Sets-State Level
West Virginia Record Sets
(Ancestry Collections)
West Virginia Record Sets
(Family Search)
Vital Records
West Virginia, U.S., Births Index, 1804-1938
(Ancestry)
West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971
(Ancestry)
West Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (Ancestry)
West Virginia, U.S., Marriage Index, 1931-1970
(Ancestry)
West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
(Ancestry)
West Virginia, U.S., Cemetery Readings, 1941
(Ancestry)
West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 (Ancestry)
West Virginia Estate Settlements (Ancestry)
Newspapers
Newspapers Archive: West Virginia
Chronicling America, digitized: West Virginia
Community History Archive Newspapers: West Virginia
Small Town Newspapers
(Scroll to West Virginia)
List of West Virginia Counties
Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, Wyoming