WV-WV023 Virginia

Marker text: VIRGINIA

Named for Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England. Site of the first permanent English settlement, 1607, in America. One of the 13 original colonies. Virginia is the birthplace of eight Presidents of the United States.

West Virginia Historic Commission, 1964

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Location: US 220 (northbound) at the Virginia (Highland Co.) and West Virginia (Pendleton Co.) state line., Highland County, Virginia

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