Virginia–West Virginia boundary

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The Virginia–West Virginia boundary is the state line that separates Virginia from its northwestern neighbor West Virginia, following a historically contested course through the Appalachian region.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interstate boundary ⓘ
state border of the United States ⓘ
adjacentTo Kentucky–Virginia boundary at the Big Sandy River ⓘ
Kentucky–West Virginia boundary at the Big Sandy River ⓘ
Maryland–West Virginia boundary at the Potomac River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Allegheny Front ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent 1863 ⓘ
endPoint tripoint of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky on the Big Sandy River ⓘ
establishedBy Virginia state legislation ⓘ
West Virginia state legislation ⓘ
acts of the United States Congress ⓘ
follows Allegheny Mountains ⓘ
Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
Big Sandy River ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
Cumberland Mountains ⓘ
New River ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
Tug Fork ⓘ
ridge lines ⓘ
hasDispute boundary between Berkeley County and Virginia ⓘ
boundary between Jefferson County and Virginia ⓘ
interpretation of Civil War–era county transfers ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext American Civil War ⓘ
creation of West Virginia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionalConsequence allocation of law enforcement authority ⓘ
allocation of mineral rights ⓘ
allocation of tax authority ⓘ
hasPhysicalForm ridge crests ⓘ
river thalwegs ⓘ
survey markers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalAuthority Supreme Court of the United States decisions ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Eastern United States ⓘ
partlyDefinedBy county lines ⓘ
watershed divides ⓘ
partOf borders of Virginia ⓘ
borders of West Virginia ⓘ
separates Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
significantEvent admission of West Virginia as a U.S. state ⓘ
startPoint tripoint of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland on the Potomac River ⓘ
usedFor defining congressional districts ⓘ
defining judicial jurisdictions ⓘ
defining state legislative districts ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maryland–West Virginia boundary (traditional) → adjacentTo → Virginia–West Virginia boundary ⓘ
Opequon Creek watershed → crossesPoliticalBoundary → West Virginia–Virginia border ⓘ
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
Bluefield micropolitan area → borderStraddling → West Virginia–Virginia border ⓘ
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
U.S. Route 33 → crossesStateLine → West Virginia–Virginia state line ⓘ
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
U.S. Route 33 in Virginia → westernTerminusLocation → West Virginia border at Rockingham County, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
West Virginia Route 12 → terminusSouth → West Virginia–Virginia state line ⓘ
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
VA 9 → borderConnection → Virginia–West Virginia state line ⓘ
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
SR 9 (Virginia) → westernTerminus → West Virginia state line near Keyes Gap ⓘ
subject linked to: SR 9
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary
Hillsboro, Virginia → locatedEastOf → West Virginia border ⓘ
linked to: Virginia–West Virginia boundary