the nucleus of Virginia Proper is further east
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Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Where is the mitochondria of Virginia though?
Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 years ago
Western Virginia doesn’t matter.
Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Historical context makes it even weirder. The split was because WV allied with the North in the Civil War, North Virginia makes infinitely more sense in more ways than one.
Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 2 years ago
That really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.