The Office

Historical marker location:

1477 4H Camp Rd, Morgantown, West Virginia

( Marker is on 4H Camp Road (County Route 76) 1 mile north of Goshen Road (County Route 77), on the left when traveling north.)

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.