105 Third Street

Historical marker location:

105 3rd St, Point Pleasant, West Virginia

( Marker is on 3rd Street just west of Main Street, on the right when traveling west.)

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.