Farm Residence

Historical marker location:

1330 Oglebay Drive, Wheeling, West Virginia

( Marker is on Oglebay Drive (West Virginia Route 88) 0.3 miles east of Lodge Drive, on the right when traveling east.)

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.