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West Virginia Hills
West Virginia, one of the South Atlantic States of
the United States, bounded on the N. by Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland; on the E. by Virginia
and Maryland; on the S. by Kentucky and Ohio.
Generally oval in shape, West Virginia measures
about 275 mi. from E. to W. and about 245 mi. from
N. to S. Two narrow tongues of land, or panhandles
extend northward between Pennsylvania and Ohio,
eastward between Maryland and Virginia.
Area (41st State in rank)......24,181 sq. mi.
Land...........................24,070 sq. mi.
Capital & largest city.........Charleston
Inland water...................111 sq. mi.
Nickname.......................The Mountain State
Song..........................."The West Virginia Hills!"
Tree...........................Sugar Maple
Flower.........................Big Rhododendron
Bird...........................Cardinal
State Butterfly................Monarch Butterfly
State Animal...................Black Bear
State Fish.....................Brook Trout
State Seal
Joseph H. Diss Debar, an artist from Doddridge County,
was chosen by a committee of the Legislature to pre-
pare drawings for an official seal for the state of
West Virginia. The artist submitted his drawings with
an explanation of each detail and from these was
adopted, by the Legislature, a seal which has re-
mained without change, the Official Seal of WVA. The
seal contains the Latin motto, Montani Semper Liberi,
which means "Mountaineers Are Always Free."
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