Historical Marker
Charles Carroll
Historical marker location:
101 South Washington Street, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
( Marker is on Market Street east of South Washington Street (U.S. 522), on the right when traveling east.)
Lot #24.
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.