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West Virginia

state of the United States of America
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Summary

West Virginia is an U.S. state[1]. It draws 27,812 Wikipedia views per month (u s state category, ranking #35 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Earl Ray Tomblin[5], Patrick Morrisey[6]
  • Continent: North America[7]
  • Capital: Charleston[8]
  • Shares border with: Ohio[9], Pennsylvania[10], Virginia[11], Maryland[12], Kentucky[13]
  • Anthem: Take Me Home, Country Roads[14]
  • Named after: Colony of Virginia[15], west[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Barbour County[17], Berkeley County[18], Boone County[19], Braxton County[20], Brooke County[21], Cabell County[22], Calhoun County[23], Clay County[24], Doddridge County[25], Fayette County[26], Gilmer County[27], Grant County[28], Greenbrier County[29], Hampshire County[30]
  • Flag: flag of West Virginia[31]
  • Legislative body: West Virginia Legislature[32]
  • Executive body: State of West Virginia[33]
  • Highest judicial authority: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia[34]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for West Virginia include USS West Virginia[35], a battleship[36].

Why It Matters

West Virginia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include USS West Virginia[35], a battleship[36].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 14878
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 14878, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167485500|WEST VIRGINIA (#167485500)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclope"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → west-virginia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: west-virginia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971231|west virginia (#289971231)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → State of West Virginia
    P14541 → Fi2Dv
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'State of West Virginia'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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