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Western Virginia County: Come Join Us. Virginia County: Nah.

Published by admin on Tue, 01/21/2020 - 12:00am

West Virginia House Republican Minority Leader Charles Trump speaks on the house floor on behalf of the proposal to eliminate West Virginia’s food tax in a special legislative session in Charleston, W.Va., Sept. 13, 2005. The West Virginia Senate adopted a resolution Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, to remind residents of Frederick County, Virginia, that the county has a standing invite – from 1862 – to become part of West Virginia. It now goes to the House of Delegates. (AP)
By 
John Raby
The Associated Press

Charleston, W.Va. – Virginia is for lovers, so West Virginia is reviving a 158-year-old proposal to ask one of its counties on a date. The answer, apparently, is still no.

The West Virginia Senate adopted a resolution by voice vote last Monday to remind residents of Frederick County, Virginia, that the county has a standing invite – from 1862 – to become part of West Virginia. It now goes to the House of Delegates.

The resolution was introduced by Morgan County Republican Charles Trump, whose district borders Frederick County. Trump was born in Winchester, the seat of Frederick, which is Virginia’s northernmost county.

A message left for Frederick County Board of Supervisors Chairman Chuck DeHaven wasn’t immediately returned. But he told the Herald-Mail of Hagerstown, Maryland, that Frederick County has no interest in becoming part of West Virginia.

Frederick was formed in 1743, and much of it later was carved out to create several other counties. It remains much closer to Richmond, at 136 miles, than West Virginia’s state capital of Charleston, at 268 miles. West Virginia, born in 1863 during the Civil War, is the only state to be formed by seceding from a Confederate state. Some Virginia border counties were given the choice to become part of the new state if their residents approved. Berkeley and Jefferson counties gave their nod, siding with the Union. Trump said a vote was never taken in Frederick County, which ended up nearly surrounded by the northern neighbor.

The resolution “is simply to remind them, make them aware, that they have an invitation ... that was extended 158 years ago,” Trump said on the Senate floor.

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