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West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges and universities established by the second Morrill Act of 1890, which evolved as a diverse and inclusive campus.
On March 7, 2014, the West Virginia Legislature approved a resolution to make "Take Me Home, Country Roads" an official state song of West Virginia, alongside three other pieces: "West Virginia Hills", "This Is My West Virginia", and "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home". [22] Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed the resolution into law on March 8, 2014.
Charleston, West Virginia. / 38.34722°N 81.63333°W / 38.34722; -81.63333. Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. [ 7] Located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 2020 census and an estimated population ...
WOWK-TV (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, United States, serving the Charleston–Huntington market as an affiliate of CBS.Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on Quarrier Street near the Charleston Town Center in downtown Charleston, [2] [3] and its transmitter is located in Milton, West Virginia.
U.S. Route 19 Corridor L US 19 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by WVDOH Length 253.5 mi (408.0 km) Existed 1926–present Major junctions South end US 19 in Bluefield, VA Major intersections US 52 in Bluefield I-77 near Camp Creek WV 16 near Oak Hill US 60 at Hico I-79 near Canfield US 33 / US 119 in Weston US 50 in Clarksburg US 250 in Fairmont I-79 near Westover US 119 / WV 7 ...
The West Virginia State Museum was awarded a grant (via Save America's Treasures) in 2001 for the creation of the "Civil War Regimental Flag Collection," in which many flags date as far back as 1890. [18] [19] In summer 2009, a newly renovated museum building debuted, after being closed for five years for a US $17.9 million dollar remodel.
West Virginia Archives and History is the state agency that collects and preserves materials on the state and makes them available to the public. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, this section of the Department of Arts, Culture and History oversees the West Virginia Archives and History Library, a non-lending research facility, and the West Virginia State Archives, one of the state’s ...
West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607–1776) and the western part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia (1776–1788), and state of Virginia (1788–1863). Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of ...