Virginia Information

State Abbreviation - VA
State Capital - Richmond
Greatest City - Virginia Beach
Area - 42, 769 square miles [Virginia may be the 35th biggest state in the united states]
Population - 8, 260, 405 (at the time of 2013) [Virginia could be the twelfth most populous condition in america]
Identify for Residents - Virginians
Significant Industries - farming (cigarette, peanuts, corn, nice potatoes, chicken, ham), tourism, US Navy warships, mining (coal), lumber (for paper and furniture), federal government employees

Presidential Birthplaces
came to be in Westmoreland County on February 22, 1732 (he had been the very first United States President, serving from 1789 to 1797).

was born in Shadwell on April 13, 1743 (he was the 3rd US President, offering from 1801 to 1809).

James Madison was born in Port Conway on March 16, 1751 (he had been the 4th US President, offering from 1809 to 1817).

James Monroe came to be in Westmoreland County on April 28, 1758 (he had been the fifth US President, offering from 1817 to 1825).

William Henry Harrison was born in Berkeley on February 9, 1773 (he had been the 9th United States President, providing in 1841).

John Tyler was born in Greenway on March 29, 1790 (he was the tenth United States President, providing from 1841 to 1845).

Zachary Taylor was born near Barboursville on November 24, 1784 (he had been the 12th United States President, providing from 1849 to 1850).

Woodrow Wilson came to be in Staunton on December 28, 1856 (he had been the 28th US President, providing from 1913 to 1921).

Major Streams - James River, Rappahannock River, Potomac River, Shenandoah River
Significant Lakes and Bodies of liquid - Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Gathright Dam (Lake Moomaw), John H. Kerr Reservoir, John W. Flannagan Reservoir, Pound Lake, Philpott Lake
Highest aim - Mt. Rogers - 5, 729 feet (1, 746 m) above sea level
Wide range of Counties - 95
Bordering States - Kentucky, Maryland, new york, Tennessee, western Virginia [and Washington, District of Columbia]
Bordering Bodies of Water - Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay

Origin associated with the title Virginia - Virginia had been named for Queen Elizabeth I of England (she had been referred to as Virgin Queen). Sir Walter Raleigh could have recommended this name around 1584.
State Nickname - Old Dominion
State Motto - "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (therefore Always to Tyrants)