List of West Virginia state symbols
The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of West Virginia.
Insignia
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Further information: List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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| Coat of arms | The Coat of Arms of West Virginia | 1863[1] | 
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| Flag | The flag of West Virginia consists of the coat of arms, wreathed below in rhododendron and bannered with "State of West Virginia" above, on a white field bound in blue | 1929[1] | 
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| Motto | Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers [are] Always Free) |
1863,[1][2] 1872[3] | — |
| Seal | The Great Seal of the State of West Virginia | 1863[1][2] | 
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Flora and fauna
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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| Animal | Black bear | 1954,[1] 1973[3] | 
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| Bird | Cardinal | 1949[1] | 
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| Butterfly | Monarch butterfly | 1995[3] | 
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| Fish | Brook trout | 1973[1] | 
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| Flower | Rhododendron | 1903[1] | .jpg)
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| Fruit | Apple | 1972[3] | 
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| Golden Delicious apple | 1995[3] | ||
| Insect | Honey bee | 2002[3] | 
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| Reptile | Timber rattlesnake | 2008[4] | .jpg)
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| Tree | Sugar maple | 1949[1][3] | 
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Inanimate
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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| Fossil | Jefferson's ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) | 2008[4] | |
| Gem | Silicified Mississippian Lithostrotionella coral | 1990[3] | 
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| Rock | Bituminous coal | 2009[5] | 
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| Soil | Monongahela | 1997[3][6] | image[permanent dead link] |
Cultural
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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| Colors | Old gold and blue | 1963[1] | |
| Official holiday | West Virginia Day – June 20 | 1927[3] | — |
| Official songs | "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "The West Virginia Hills," "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home" and "This Is My West Virginia" | 1971, 1963, 2014[7] | |
| Tartan | West Virginia Shawl (adaptation) | 2008[8] | 
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