WVWest Virginia
Held by minewars1921 under the Labor flag, for $8.
“They flew bombs at miners and you call it heritage. Blair Mountain never ended”
minewars1921 paid $8 to put that there.
Take it for
$12
Take itThe place
Joined 1863 · 35th state · Eastern time
West Virginia was created by seceding from a state that was busy seceding, which is a fair summary of its character. It is the only state entirely within Appalachia, and coal shaped everything about it, the wealth, the labour wars, the emptying out. The mine wars of the 1920s were the largest armed uprising in the country since the Civil War and are barely taught. Go for the New River Gorge, the newest national park, and drive almost any road, because there are no straight ones.
Formed by seceding from a state that was busy seceding.
Eat
The pepperoni roll
Drink
Bridge Brew Works
Listen
Bill Withers
Bird
Northern cardinal
Flower
Rhododendron
Tree
Sugar maple
Grows
Apples, Peaches, Hay
National parks
- New River Gorge
The actual state · 2025
- Population
- 1,766,147
- Land area
- 24,041 mi²
- GDP per head
- $61,873
- Median household
- $60,662
- Joined
- Joined 1863
- Civil War
- Union
Largest cities
- 1Charleston46K
- 2Huntington45K
- 3Morgantown30K
- 4Parkersburg29K
- 5Wheeling26K
Race
- White90.7%
- Black4.0%
- Two or more3.9%
Hispanic or Latino2.6%
Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.
2 claims
minewars1921 took West Virginia from coalcountryusa for $8. The America First claim is ash.
“They flew bombs at miners and you call it heritage. Blair Mountain never ended”
· $8
West Virginia goes America First. coalcountryusa paid $5 and nobody stopped them.
“Wave at the mine on your way to the coast”
· $5