The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of West Virginia .
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coat of arms | The Coat of Arms of West Virginia | 1863 [1] |  |
| Flag | The flag of West Virginia consists of the coat of arms, wreathed below in rhododendron and bannered with "State of West Virginia" above, on a white field bound in blue | 1929 [1] |  |
| Motto | Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers [are] Always Free) | 1863, [1] [2] 1872 [3] | — |
| Seal | The Great Seal of the State of West Virginia | 1863 [1] [2] |  |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Black bear | 1954, [1] 1973 [3] |  |
| Bird | Cardinal | 1949 [1] |  |
| Butterfly | Monarch butterfly | 1995 [3] |  |
| Fish | Brook trout | 1973 [1] |  |
| Flower | Rhododendron | 1903 [1] |  |
| Fruit | Apple | 1972 [3] |  |
| Golden Delicious apple | 1995 [3] | ||
| Insect | Honey bee | 2002 [3] |  |
| Reptile | Timber rattlesnake | 2008 [4] |  |
| Tree | Sugar maple | 1949 [1] [3] |  |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil | Jefferson's ground sloth ( Megalonyx jeffersonii ) | 2008 [4] | |
| Gem | Silicified Mississippian Lithostrotionella coral | 1990 [3] |  |
| Rock | Bituminous coal | 2009 [5] |  |
| Soil | Monongahela | 1997 [3] [6] | image [ permanent dead link ] |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colors | Old gold and blue | 1963 [1] | |
| Official holiday | West Virginia Day – June 20 | 1927 [3] | — |
| Official songs | "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "The West Virginia Hills," "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" and "This Is My West Virginia" | 1971, 1963, 2014 [7] | |
| Tartan | West Virginia Shawl (adaptation) | 2008 [8] |  |
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