West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond Region. Richmond was incorporated in 1742 and has been an independent city since 1871. At the 2010 census, the city's population was 204,214; in 2020, the population had grown to 226,610, making Richmond the fourth-most populous city in Virginia. The Richmond Metropolitan Area has a population of 1,260,029, the third-most populous metro in the state.
McDowell County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111. Its county seat is Welch. McDowell County is the southernmost county in the state. It was created in 1858 by the Virginia General Assembly and named for Virginia Governor James McDowell. It became a part of West Virginia in 1863, when several Union-affiliated counties seceded from the state of Virginia during the American Civil War. McDowell County is located in the Cumberland Mountains, part of the Appalachia region.
Warren County is a U.S. county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The 2020 census places Warren County within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 40,727. The county seat is Front Royal.
Piedmont is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV metropolitan statistical area. The population was 716 at the 2020 census. Piedmont was chartered in 1856 and the town is the subject of Colored People: A Memoir by Piedmont native Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Middle Atlantic states, commonly shortened to Mid-Atlantic states, is a region of the United States generally located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern states. Its exact definition differs upon source, but the region typically includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. When discussing climate geography, sometimes Connecticut is grouped with the Middle Atlantic states.
Tazewell County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,429. Its county seat is Tazewell.
Blue Ridge Summit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Gettysburg in the central part of the state, adjoining Pennsylvania's southern border with Maryland. It is less than 3 miles (5 km) east of Pen Mar, Maryland. The population of Blue Ridge Summit was 891 at the 2010 census.
Harley Orrin "Buckey" Staggers Jr. is an American politician and lawyer from West Virginia. He served five terms as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives.
McClung is a ghost town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. McClung was 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Leslie. McClung appeared on USGS maps as late as 1935. McClung still exists today but was renamed Orient Hill after the Baptist Church. The McClung post office was across Rt.20 from the church and run by the Tony Williams family. The majority of that town is down a street labeled, Ball diamond RD.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
Horsepen is an unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. Horsepen is located along the West Virginia state line 5.4 miles (8.7 km) north of Tazewell, Virginia. Horsepen has a post office with ZIP code 24619.
Leslie Carol Rutledge is an American attorney and politician from the state of Arkansas, serving as the 56th attorney general of Arkansas since January 2015. She is the lieutenant governor-elect of Arkansas. Rutledge is a member of the Republican Party.
The 118th United States Congress is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025, during the final two years of Joe Biden's first term of presidency.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the State of West Virginia, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, as well as various state and local elections.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states, as well as six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories. Special elections may also be held on various dates throughout 2024. Numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the U.S. presidential election and elections to the Senate, will also be held on this date. The winners of this election will serve in the 119th United States Congress, with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2020 United States census.
