West Virginia
About West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous, landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055.
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The song Take Me Home Country Roads was written by three people who had never been to West Virginia.
from No Such Thing as Pyramids in Johannesburg · read transcript
More facts about West Virginia
Because none of the writers had been to West Virginia, they got an encyclopedia down and looked up the details to make the lyrics work.
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Coordinates: 39.0000, -80.0000