Nickname:
Mountain State
Statehood:
June 20,1863
Population:
1,826,700
Capital:
Charleston
Largest
City: Charleston
Land
Area 24,124 square miles
Numbers
of Counties: 55
Coastline:
0 miles
Inland
Water: 112 square miles
Bordering
States: Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
State
Motto: "Mountaineers are always free."