the nucleus of Virginia Proper is further east
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Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I still don’t understand why they named West Virginia so. Virginia has land further West. North Virginia?
lseif@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Where is the mitochondria of Virginia though?
Pulptastic@midwest.social 5 months ago
Western Virginia doesn’t matter.
Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 5 months 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 5 months ago
That really does. But humans aren’t particularly great at naming things sometimes.