West Virginia has aquired its sovereignty by proclamation of the president of the United States.

West Virginia has the
oldest population in the United States. The median age is 40 years old.

The motto is " Mountaineers Are Always Free." Our nickname is the Mountain State
The New River
Gorge Bridge is the
second highest steel

arch bridge in the US.
It is also the longest
arch bridge in the
world. This bridge is
the great length of
1, 700 feet.

Memorial Tunnel was the first in the nation to be monitored in West Virginia by television, November 8, 1954 is when it opened

Seventy-five percent is covered by foresty.
The continent's largest cone-shaped prehistoric burial is in Moundsville. It was first opened March 19, 1838. The mound is sixty-nine feet high and nine hundred feet in circumference at the base.


West Virginia's total forested area is 11.9 million acres.

There are 1, 477 forest fires annually and they burn approximately 107,000 acres in WV.

Martinsburg based one sixty-seven airlift wing flew missions in Afghanistan that included transporting war detainees as well as the bodies of U.S. servicemen killed in action.


"Wrong Turn, Wrong Turn 2, and Wrong Turn 3 were all made in Greenbrier, West Virginia.
The mothman was originally 'sighted' on November 12, 1966 at a cemetary in Clendenin, WV. There were also reports of a sighting at Point Pleasants WV. There is a 7ft. tall statue dedicated to the myth of the mothman as shown below.