Facts:

Famous
West Virginians

	Nancy Hart Pearl S. Buck Nancy Hanks Jim Comstock Ignatius Brennan Patrick Kenny

Celebrities
Arts and Entertainment

	John Corbett

	Brad Dourif

	Don Knotts

	Kathy Mattea

	Mary Lou Retton

	David Selby

	Chuck Veager

Nurses 1911 -1933

	41 Registered Nurses

Facts about Richwood

True Facts - RICHWOOD, WV
ZIP Code: 26261
City: RICHWOOD, WV
County: NICHOLAS
State: WEST VIRGINIA
State Code: WV
Time Zone: EASTERN
Latitude: 38.2
Longitude: 80.5
Richwood, WV (Home of Richwooders)
Richwood,West Virginia

Ramp capital (USA) Richwood West Virginia
Median Family Income by the 2000 census $17,366
The average January temperature for Richwood is from 23.0 degrees to 32.1 degrees (farenheit)
The average July temperature for Richwood is from 75.1 degrees to 85.7 degrees (farenheit)
Telephone code for Richwood (304)
Population, City of Richwood
2005 = 2,369
2000 = 2,549
1990 = 2,808

Facts about Nicholas County

The Summersville Dam, second-largest earthern dam east of the Mississippi River.
Year 2005: Nicholas County, Population, 26,464
Year 2000: Nicholas County, Population, 26,562
Year 1990: Nicholas County, Population, 26,775
Population 65 years old and over, 3,974
Year 2000: Persons under 18 years old, 6,188
1997 Births, 257
1997 Deaths, 268
The Average annual precipitation, 42.53"

Facts about West Virginia

West Virginia - nestled in the Appalachian Mountains
is the only state that lies completely within the Mountains and valleys of the Appalachian region.

West Virginia Mountaineers Congratulations
West Virginia Mountaineers wins the 2006 Sugar Bowl Championship .
West Virginia Mountaineers beat the University of Georgia Bulldogs 38 to 35 to win the 2006 Sugar Bowl Championship.

West Virginia ( Mountain State )

West Virginia was proclaimed a state in June 20th. 1863.

"West Virginia Day" became a legal holiday in 1927.

State Electoral College Votes  Five
Land Area: 24,078 sq. miles
Abbreviation Postal code: (W.Va. and WV: )
Lowest Point: Potomac River 240 feet (Jefferson County).
Highest Point: Spruce Knob, 4,861 ft. (Pendleton County).
State Nickname: ( Mountain State )
Capital City:        ( Charleston )
Largest City:        ( Charleston ) with 32 square miles.
State Motto:    Montani Semper Liberi
                             (Mountaineers Are Always Free).
State Soil:     Monongahela Silt Loam
                            The official soil adopted by concurrent
                             resolution in 1997.
State Gem:     Mississippian Fossil Coral,
                            Lithostrotionella,
                            The Mississippian Fossil Coral, Lithostrotionella, was designated West Virginia’s official state gem in 1990 and is found in Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties of West Virginia.
State Colors:   The two color Old Gold and Blue

State Flag:
The flag of West Virginia consists of the State's coat of arms on a pure white field with a dark blue border.

West Virginia State
            Animal:
         Black Bear
Black Bears Web-site

West Virginia State
            Bird:
         Cardinal
Cardinals Web-site

State Seal:

Official state insect: The Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) became West Virginia’s official state insect in 2002.

State Flower:      Rhododendron
Rhododendron (Rhododendron Maximum)West Virginia official state flower.

Wild Rhododendron - Spring Blossoms Picture
State Butterfly:
     Monarch
West Virginia official state Butterfly.
The monarch needs no camouflage because it takes in toxins from the milkweed and is poisonous to predators.

State Fish:
     Brook Trout(Salvelinus fontinalis)
The Brook Trout, a native trout of West Virginia found in many small, cold, West Virginia streams and sometime called speckled trout.

State Tree:

The Sugar Maple,
         or
Acer saccharum

West Virginia State Tree,
is one of the largest and more important of the hardwoods.
Monongahela National Forest - Fall Colors

State Fruit: Golden Delicious Apple.

West Virginia, is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland on the North, Virginia (East and South), and Kentucky and Ohio on the West.
West Virginia Map

West Virginia Songs:

       By (1) Iris Bell:                  (This is My West Virginia)

          (2) Ellen King and H. E. Engle  (The West Virginia Hills)
 
          (3) Julian G. Hearne, Jr.       (West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home)

Facts! What Ex-Richwooders Are Saying About Richwood WV

I'm a Formerly Richwooder who was born and lived my early years in Richwood WV. The town will always have a special place in my heart.

I do miss the tranquility of the woods and streams. Home is where the heart is and Richwood WV happens to be the home of good down to earth loving people

I Live in Philadelphia ( Formerly Richwooder ) will go back one of these day just to reminiscence past experiences .... memories can never be taken away from you. There are wonderful and friendly people in Richwood WV

Richwood WV is one of the prettiest places on earth in the fall, those mountains ablaze with color.

In the 50's we used to spend our times after school sleigh riding until we were half frozen! Richwood WV was all decorated with Christmas lights and the stores were filled with shoppers. It was a wonderful and memorable time in any Richwooders life.

The Town of Richwood WV, you sure raised a lot of children and they are wonderful!!!! Life is what you make it and those Richwooders from the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's sure knew how to live it to the fullest.

I lived there for 18 years and loved every day. Always will have a special place in my heart for Richwood WV.. Its a great little town where everyone knows everyone. I wouldn't change it for anything!

Not a day goes by that I don't think about Richwood W. Va. and I can't wait for the spring when the trout are biting on the Cherry and Cranberry rivers and Summit Lake.

Richwood WV gave Richwooders a sense of pride where they came from and a love for family & country. Today former Richwooders are very thankful to have grown up in a town that truly knew and still knows the meaning of patriotism.

This weekend, as I see the turning of the leaves, the harvest of the crops, and families enjoying nature in so many ways together, I realized that Richwood WV was the place for me.

The best place to live is right here, and there is no place quite like Richwood WV with its turning of the seasons, and it's promises of something new four times a year.

The greatest places are sometimes, the things that are the closest to you.

Thank God for giving us the opportunity to be born in the most wonderful City in the Nation (Richwood WV ) is heaven on earth.

The Best and Most Beautiful Cities and Towns must be felt with the Heart. The one that I knows about is Richwood

Facts:

US Population by the Census Bureau
U.S. Population in 1915 (100 million) in 1967 ( 200 million)
7:46 AM EDT Tueseay October 17, 2006
One birth every ------------------------------------ 7 seconds
One death every ---------------------------------- 13 seconds
One international migrant (net) every -------------- 31 seconds
Net gain of one person every ---------------------- 11 seconds

World Population Estimate

6,551,034,889

U.S. Population Estimate

300,000,000

7:46 AM EDT Tueseay Oct 17, 2006

Richwood Population Estimate

2,369

West Virginia Forest Resource Fact Sheet. Fiscal Year 2007.
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