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Harpers Ferry is the lowest point in West Virginia.
( Photo courtesy W.Va. Department of Tourism)

Highs and lows

Highest point in the state: Spruce Knob (Pendleton) 4,861 feet.

Lowest point in the state: Harpers Ferry (Jefferson) 240 feet.

Highest recorded temperature: 112 F., Martinsburg, July 10, 1936.

Lowest record temperature, -37 F., Lewsiburg, December 30, 1917.

Highest county east of Mississippi,: Pocahontas.

Source: The West Virginia Book of Lists by Gerald Timlinson and Richard C. Weigen


State Population: 1,808,344
Land in square miles: 24,078
Number of people per square mile: 75.1
More facts from the 2000 Census

 

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