West Virginians
Charleston's state population
West Virginians are people from West Virginia, a state in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States.
The state split from Virginia during the Civil War, remaining loyal to the Union.
West Virginians have a strong tradition of coal mining.
The term carries associations with Appalachian culture, mountain heritage, and working-class identity.
Morgantown public institution
- state prideAttachment to one's homeland
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
wild and wonderful · John Denver · tight-knit · family ties · small-town · hardworking · underdog · stereotypes
Unpaved rural thoroughfares
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- old-timeOf a past era
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- quiltingLayered fabric stitching
canning · folklore · moonshine · potluck · porch sitting · barn raising · homestead · ramps
Appalachian subrange in the East
- AlleghenyAppalachian range in Pennsylvania
- CumberlandRiver or mountain gap
- ShenandoahAppalachian river and park
- Harper's FerryHistoric West Virginia town
hollers · ridges · Charleston · Morgantown · Wheeling · Huntington · Parkersburg
Ore extractors
- black lungCoal dust respiratory disease
- company townsEmployer-controlled worker settlements
- Mother JonesLabor movement icon
- bituminousContaining natural tar
extraction · reclamation · strip mining · methane · ventilation · coalfields · tipples · heritage
WVU
Morgantown public institution
- state prideAttachment to one's homeland
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
wild and wonderful · John Denver · hospitality · tight-knit · family ties · small-town · hardworking · underdog · stereotypes · hillbilly
country roads
Unpaved rural thoroughfares
quilting · canning · folklore · moonshine · potluck · porch sitting · barn raising · homestead · ramps · pawpaw
Blue Ridge
Appalachian subrange in the East
- AlleghenyAppalachian range in Pennsylvania
- CumberlandRiver or mountain gap
- ShenandoahAppalachian river and park
Harper's Ferry · hollers · ridges · Charleston · Morgantown · Wheeling · Huntington · Parkersburg
miners
Ore extractors
- black lungCoal dust respiratory disease
- company townsEmployer-controlled worker settlements
- Mother JonesLabor movement icon
bituminous · extraction · reclamation · strip mining · methane · ventilation · coalfields · tipples · heritage · boom and bust
- SouthernersAlabaman, Alabamian, Alabamians, Arkansan, Arkansans
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
West VirginiansVirginians
Residents of a mid-Atlantic state
secessionists · Californians · New Yorkers · Hawaiians · Alaskans
West VirginiansNew Yorkers
Residents of America's largest city
Californians · coastal elites · Manhattanites · San Franciscans · urbanites
West, Virginia, Virginian, west, western, westerly, westward, westernmost, westerner