West Virginia Penitentiary

Historical marker location:

Moundsville, West Virginia

( Marker is on Jefferson Avenue south of 8th Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2008

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.