West Virginia, one of the Appalachian states, is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania and Ohio; on the east by Maryland and Virginia; on the south by Virginia and Kentucky; and on the west by Ohio and Kentucky, from which it is separated in part by the Ohio River. It lies between about 37º 12′ and 40º 40′ north latitude, and between 77º 47′ and 82º 40′ west longitude. The state measures about 250 miles from north to south and about 130 miles from east to west. It contains approximately 24,230 square miles, or 15,507,200 acres.
This state project is part of the much larger American History & Genealogy Project or better known by the abbreviation of AHGP. It has been in existence online since 2000 and over the years has been spread out across the web. These pages are an attempt to consolidate it under one website of the larger project.
West Virginia Information
- Frontier Counties of West Virginia
- Counties of West Virginia ~ 1910
- West Virginia Schools of Higher Learning
- Former Names of West Virginia Towns
West Virginia History
- Property Surveyed by George Washington
- West Virginia Military Forts, 1903
- West Virginia Forts, 1915
- West Virginia Indian Tribes
West Virginia Genealogy
- Dunmore’s War Rosters
- Early Land Grants and Settlers of West Virginia
- Roll of Major Andrew Lewis’s Company
- Virginia Soldiers at Fort Pitt
- West Virginia African American Genealogy
- West Virginia Census Records
- West Virginia Civil War Records
- West Virginia Revolutionary War Records
West Virginia Counties
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