Judiah Higgins

Historical marker location:

137 North Washington Street, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

( Marker is on North Washington Street (U.S. 522) south of Union Street (West Virginia Route 9), on the right when traveling south.)

Lot #117.

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.