The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of West Virginia.
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coat of arms | The Coat of Arms of West Virginia | 1863[1] | ||
| 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 | ||
| Motto | Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers [are] Always Free) | 1863,[2] 1872[3] | — | |
| Seal | The Great Seal of the State of West Virginia | 1863 |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Black bear | 1954, 1973 | ||
| Bird | Cardinal | 1949 | ||
| Butterfly | Monarch butterfly | 1995 | ||
| Fish | Brook trout | 1973 | ||
| Flower | Rhododendron | 1903 | ||
| Fruit | Apple | 1972 | ||
| Golden Delicious apple | 1995 | |||
| Insect | Honey bee | 2002 | ||
| Reptile | Timber rattlesnake | 2008[4] | ||
| Tree | Sugar maple | 1949 |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil | Jefferson's ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) | 2008 | ||
| Gem | Silicified Mississippian Lithostrotionella coral | 1990 | ||
| Rock | Bituminous coal | 2009[5] | ||
| Soil | Monongahela | 1997[6] | [ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/wv_soil.pdf image] |
| Type | Symbol | Year | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colors | Old gold and blue | 1963 | ||
| Official holiday | West Virginia Day - June 20 | 1927 | - | |
| 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] |