Shaw Run Wetland Complex

Historical marker location:

1496 Short Rd, Kearneysville, West Virginia

( Marker is on Route 9 Bike Path, 0.2 miles south of Short Road (County Road 36/1), on the right when traveling south.)

West Virginia 9. Charles Town to Martinsburg.

West Virginia is the only state in the United States to be created as a result of the Civil War. In 1861, Virginia seceded from the Union, but many residents in the western part of the state opposed secession and eventually formed their own state, which was admitted to the Union in 1863.