So ... some folks don't know that WV (AKA W.Va.) is its own State ...
1) Until "The Late Unpleasantness", it wasn't. And when it did become a State (by seceding from a bunch of secessionists), "West Virginia" wasn't the first name proposed for the new State.
2) Some folks have it even worse than you ... many people seem to think that "New Mexico" is not even one of these United States.
“Some folks have it even worse than you ... many people seem to think that “New Mexico” is not even one of these United States.”
That is just sad.