<P> West Virginia is one of two American states formed during the American Civil War ( 1861 -- 1865 ) , along with Nevada , and is the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state . It was originally part of the British Virginia Colony ( 1607 -- 1776 ) and the western part of the state of Virginia ( 1776 -- 1863 ) , whose population became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union and in the separation from Virginia , formalized by admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863 . West Virginia was one of the Civil War Border states . </P>
<P> West Virginia is one of two American states formed during the American Civil War ( 1861 -- 1865 ) , along with Nevada , and is the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state . It was originally part of the British Virginia Colony ( 1607 -- 1776 ) and the western part of the state of Virginia ( 1776 -- 1863 ) , whose population became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union and in the separation from Virginia , formalized by admittance to the Union as a new state in 1863 . West Virginia was one of the Civil War Border states . </P>
when did west virginia split off from virginia
when did west virginia split off from virginia
1863
1863