1786 and im glad us west virginians did separate from that panzy state Virginia!(just kidding Virginia isn't bad but were better)!
wv became a state in 1863
in 1863 is when they split in to two
Virginia split into two states (west Virginia , Virginia) Virginia become a free state while west Virginia went under union
Virginia was split in two over the issue of slavery.
Virginia
MAINE (from Massachusetts) and WEST VIRGINIA (split off from Virginia to join the Union side during the Civil War)
West Virginia and Virginia split during the Civil War. Virginia had already joined the Confederacy. There was an attempt to form a State of Franklin out of North Carolina, but it failed.
West Virginia was formed from a bunch of Union-loyal counties in northwest Virginia in 1861.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina and Virginia. Virginia was split in two and West Virginia was then formed.
Virginia colony split into West Virginia and Virginia.
When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States.
Virginia colony split into West Virginia and Virginia.
There are several sets of states that were united at one point but are now two separate states. The easiest of these to identify is Virginia and West Virginia - up until about the Civil War they were one state, but in the mid-1800s the two states split and have remained separate ever since.
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