Flag Raising

Historical marker location:

Eglon, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Maple Spring Highway (Route 24) and Grange Hall Road (County Route 116), on the left when traveling north on Maple Spring Highway.)

Marker installed: 2017

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.