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Mountain State-West Virginia!


West Virginia, one of the South Atlantic States of

the United States, bounded on the N. by Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland; on the E. by Virginia
and Maryland; on the S. by Kentucky and Ohio.
Generally oval in shape, West Virginia measures
about 275 mi. from E. to W. and about 245 mi. from
N. to S. Two narrow tongues of land, or panhandles
extend northward between Pennsylvania and Ohio,
eastward between Maryland and Virginia.


Area (41st State in rank)......24,181 sq. mi.
Land...........................24,070 sq. mi.
Inland water...................111 sq. mi.
Nickname.......................The Mountain State
Song..........................."The West Virginia Hills"
Capital & largest city.........Charleston
Tree...........................Sugar Maple
Flower.........................Big Rhododendron
Bird...........................Cardinal
State Butterfly................Monarch Butterfly
State Animal...................Black Bear
State Fish.....................Brook Trout
State Fruit....................Golden Delicious Apple

*Thanks Michelle & Peg for sending
me photos from your collection of our
beautiful state. The rose on the cursor is
for you. Love, Dottie*

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