{"id":8,"date":"2007-11-18T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T20:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2022-01-03T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T13:13:42","slug":"virginia-west-of-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/virginia-west-of-west-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia, West of West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>West Virginia split from Virginia in 1863 during the height of the Civil War. It elected to remain with the Union while the rest of the Commonwealth remained firmly entrenched within the Confederacy. Tensions based on divergent economies, cultures and geography simmered between the western and eastern portions of Virginia for decades leading up to the war. As a result, hostilities drove a wedge down the Appalachian ridges and created a political fault. The founders of this new state elected to name it West Virginia to commemorate their location and their heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But West Virginia isn&#8217;t fully west of Virginia, it&#8217;s actually, generally northwest. This presents an interesting anomaly with one chunk of Virginia further west than <em>any<\/em> spot in West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1r4PmuG2KJ7e0ADm8lqk4lqtgykE&amp;hl=en\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice the red line on the map running down the right side of the map. It shows the furthest point of western longitude for West Virginia. 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