4.93% relocated to other counties in Texas ($32,142 average AGI) 1.00% relocated to other states ($6,478 average AGI)Victoria County:1.00%Texas average:2.01%.
West Virginia is the 35th State Admitted to the Union. On June 20, 1863, West Virginia became the thirty-fifth state in the Union. The land that formed the new state formerly constituted part of Virginia.
1861 - Battle of Philippi - first land battle of the Civil War. 1863 - On January 1, President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in areas of rebellion, but did not apply to states loyal to the Union, including the future state of West Virginia. 1863 - West Virginia became the 35th state (June 20). 1863 - On July 15, the governor of West Virginia approved an act giving African-Americans the same rights to criminal trial as whites. However, Blacks were denied the right to serve on a jury.