English Explanatory Dictionary

West Augusta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A short-lived region (in place 1774–1776) of the Colony of Virginia that encompassed much of what is now northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.

Word forms

West Augusta

Etymology

In 1774, the Virginia assembly separated the western portion of Augusta County's territory to form the district.

Related words

Vandalia Westsylvania
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