早期有印第安部落在此狩猎。1670年,约翰雷德瑞尔到达蓝岭山脉。1742年在煤河地区发现煤矿。原属弗吉尼亚州一部分,1861年,弗吉尼亚州因反对取消黑奴制度而加入南方邦联,西部的40个县脱离弗吉尼亚,以单独一州的地位在1863年6月20日加入联邦,取名西弗吉尼亚州,成为美国第36州。弗吉尼亚位于美国东部大西洋沿岸,是美国最初的13州之一。东临大西洋和切萨皮克湾,南接北卡罗来纳州和田纳西州,西界肯塔基州,北邻西弗吉尼亚州和马里兰州,隔波托马克河与首都华盛顿相望。 Early Indian tribes hunt here. In 1670, John Redrrell reached the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1742, coal mines were found in the coal river area. Originally part of Virginia, Virginia joined the Confederacy in 1861 as a result of opposition to the elimination of the slavery system, leaving 40 counties in the west out of Virginia and joining the Commonwealth on June 20, 1863, in a single state named West Virginia State, becoming the 36th state of the United States. Virginia is located on the eastern Atlantic coast of the United States, one of the first 13 states in the United States. East Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina and Tennessee, west of Kentucky, north of West Virginia and Maryland, across the Potomac River and the capital Washington.