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'''1779: ''' Virginia ceded most of the northern part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_West_Augusta West Augusta District] to Pennsylvania after Pennsylvania agreed to accept land grants that Virginia had made in the disputed region. | '''1779: ''' Virginia ceded most of the northern part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_West_Augusta West Augusta District] to Pennsylvania after Pennsylvania agreed to accept land grants that Virginia had made in the disputed region. | ||
'''1784: ''' Virginia ceded its claims north of the Ohio River to the United States but reserved a section known as the [ | '''1784: ''' Virginia ceded its claims north of the Ohio River to the United States but reserved a section known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Military_District Military District for Revolutionary War bounty land]. | ||
'''1788: ''' Virginia ratified the constitution and became a state. For more information about the United States during the Colonial Times see the [[Colonial Times 1607-1789|Colonial Times 1607-1789]] page. | '''1788: ''' Virginia ratified the constitution and became a state. For more information about the United States during the Colonial Times see the [[Colonial Times 1607-1789|Colonial Times 1607-1789]] page. | ||
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'''1804:''' Mason county was created from Kanawha county. [[Image:Proposed state of kanawha.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Proposed state of kanawha.jpg]] '''1818:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Road The Cumberland Road] (or National Road) was completed from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling. Counties were changed with Preston county being created from Monongalia county and Nicholas county was created from Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph Counties. Charles Town renamed Charleston. | '''1804:''' Mason county was created from Kanawha county. [[Image:Proposed state of kanawha.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Proposed state of kanawha.jpg]] '''1818:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Road The Cumberland Road] (or National Road) was completed from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling. Counties were changed with Preston county being created from Monongalia county and Nicholas county was created from Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph Counties. Charles Town renamed Charleston. | ||
'''1831''': Jackson County was created from Mason, Wood, and Kanawha Counties. | |||
'''1842:''' Marion County was created from Monongalia and Harrison Counties. Ritchie County was created from Harrison, Lewis and Wood Counties. Wayne County was created from Cabell County. | |||
'''1843:''' Barbour County was created from Harrison, Lewis and Randolph Counties. | |||
'''1845:''' Doddridge County was created from Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, and Lewis Counties. Gilmer County was created from Lewis and Kanawha Counties. | |||
'''1861-1865:''' In a dispute over secession, fifty western counties broke off to form the “restored government of Virginia,” which remained loyal to the Union. The state of [http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/statehoo.html West Virginia] was admitted to the Union in 1863. During the Civil War, about 32,000 West Virginia soldiers enlisted in the Union Army, while 9,000 served the Confederacy. For more information about the Civil War see the [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] page. | '''1861-1865:''' In a dispute over secession, fifty western counties broke off to form the “restored government of Virginia,” which remained loyal to the Union. The state of [http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/statehoo.html West Virginia] was admitted to the Union in 1863. During the Civil War, about 32,000 West Virginia soldiers enlisted in the Union Army, while 9,000 served the Confederacy. For more information about the Civil War see the [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] page. | ||
'''1867-69:''' Lincoln County was created from Boone, Cabell, Logan, Kanawha, and Wayne Counties. | |||
'''1870s: ''' [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3406400169.html Industrial expansion] in West Virginia attracted Black immigrants from southern states and European immigrants from overseas. | '''1870s: ''' [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3406400169.html Industrial expansion] in West Virginia attracted Black immigrants from southern states and European immigrants from overseas. | ||