Willow Wall

Historical marker location:

5196 Route 220, Old Fields, West Virginia

( Marker is on U.S. 220, 0.1 miles south of Old Fields Road (County Road 2), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.