Monongalia County / Preston County

Historical marker location:

Coopers Rock Road, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia

( Marker is on Coopers Rock Road (County Road 73/73) 0.2 miles west of County Road 73/12, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1964

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.