Summer States No. 35 - West Virginia

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to this massive world! Today we'll be going over the thirty-fifth state of the United States, West Virginia. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's dive straight into it, shall we?

     West Virginia Facts:

• Date of Statehood: June 20, 1863
• Capital: Charleston
• Population: 1,852,994 (2010)
• Size: 24,230 square miles
• Motto: Montani Semper Liberi (“Mountaineers Are Always Free”)
• Tree: Sugar Maple
• Flower: Rhododendron
• Bird: Cardinal

     Fun Facts: 

• The first sales tax was implemented in West Virginia on July 1st, 1921.
• West Virginia has the oldest average age. The median age is forty.
• The first federal prison exclusively for women was opened in West Virginia in 1926.

     West Virginia on a map:

     

     Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/west-virginia

     https://www.50states.com/facts/west-virginia.htm