Latrobe Street

Historical marker location:

260 W Main St, Grafton, West Virginia

( Marker is on Latrobe Street just east of Beech Street (U.S. 119), 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.