West Virginia (disambiguation)

Last updated November 23, 2019

West Virginia is a state in the United States of America.

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States, and is also considered to be a part of the Mid-Atlantic Southeast Region. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

West Virginia or Western Virginia may also refer to:

Western Virginia, a region in the state of Virginia
- Kentucky County, Virginia, also referred to as "Western Virginia"
West Virginia, Minnesota
West Virginia University, the state's largest public university
- West Virginia Mountaineers, the WVU athletic program
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University, an American university located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012. At that time, the Mountaineers joined the Mid-American Conference as an affiliate member for men's soccer. The two major sports at the university are football and basketball, although many of the other sports have large followings as well.
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Western Virginia Campaign
Western Virginia Land Trust

Western Virginia is a geographic region in Virginia comprising the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia. Generally, areas in Virginia located west of, or within, the piedmont region are considered part of western Virginia.

Kentucky County was formed by the Commonwealth of Virginia from the western portion of Fincastle County effective December 31, 1776. During the three and one-half years of Kentucky County's existence, its seat of government was Harrodstown.

West Virginia is a neighborhood of Mountain Iron, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It was formally absorbed into the city of Mountain Iron in the 1970s.

U.S. Navy warships

USS West Virginia
- USS West Virginia (ACR-5), a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser
- USS West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado-class battleship, torpedoed and bombed at Pearl Harbor
- USS West Virginia (SSBN-736), an Ohio-class ballistic-missile nuclear submarine
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USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine. She has been in commission since 1990. She is the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for West Virginia, the 35th state, and the 11th of 18 Ohio-class submarines.
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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS West Virginia in honor of the 35th state.

USS <i>West Virginia</i> (ACR-5) Pennsylvania-class cruiser

The first USS West Virginia (ACR-5/CA-5), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.

USS West Virginia (BB-48) was the fourth dreadnought battleship of the Colorado class, though because Washington was cancelled, she was the third and final member of the class to be completed. The Colorado class proved to be the culmination of the standard-type battleship series built for the United States Navy in the 1910s and 1920s; the ships were essentially repeats of the earlier Tennessee design, but with a significantly more powerful main battery of eight 16-inch (406 mm) guns in twin-gun turrets. West Virginia was built between her keel laying in 1920 and her commissioning into the Navy in 1923. The ship spent the 1920s and 1930s conducting routine training exercises, including the typically-annual Fleet Problems, which provided invaluable experience for the coming war in the Pacific.

West Virginia (disambiguation)

U.S. Navy warships

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