West Virginia "Wild And Wonderful"

Charleston Real Estate
Huntington Real Estate

Admitted to Union: June 20, 1863
Capital: Charleston
Nickname: Mountain State, Switzerland of America, Panhandle State
Motto: Montani Semper Liberi, translated "Mountaineers Always Free"
Total Area: 24,231 square miles
Total Land Area: 24,087 square miles
Total Water Area: 145 square miles
Length: 240 miles
Width: 130 miles
Highest Point: 4,861 feet (Spruce Knob)
Lowest Point: 240 feet (Potomac River)
Mean Elevation: 1,500 feet
Highest Temp: 112 degrees on July 10, 1936 at Martinsburg
Lowest Temp: -37 degrees on December 17, 1917 at Lewisburg
Highest Monthly Avg Temp: 85.6 degrees
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp: 23.9 degrees
Population: (U.S. Census, April, 2000) 1,808,344