Virginia, West, formed originally one State with the preceding, but separated in 1861 to join the Federal cause; is nearly the same in size and resources; is a great mining region, and is rich in coal and iron; its largest city is Wheeling, on the Ohio.
Population (circa 1900) given as 762,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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