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POSTAL ABBREVIATION: WV
CAPITAL CITY: Charleston
NICKNAME: Mountain State
RESIDENTS ARE CALLED:
West Virginians
MOTTO: Mountaineers are
always free
SONG: West Virginia, My
Home
BIRD: Cardinal
FLOWER: Rhododendron
TREE: Sugar Maple
LARGEST CITY: Charleston
HIGHEST POINT: Spruce
Knob (4,863 ft)
BECAME A STATE ON: June
20, 1863 (35th state)
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