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West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

Timeline of Events

1861

6.3.1861

American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War.

1862

12.31.1862

American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

1863

6.20.1863

American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.

1921

5.3.1921

West Virginia imposes the first state sales tax. thumb'' by Francisco Goya (referring to the event in 1808)]]

1960

1.26.1960

Danny Heater sets a worldwide high school basketball scoring record when he records 135 points for Burnsville High School (West Virginia)

1972

2.26.1972

The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia.