CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA Drone Video Tour

Charleston, West Virginia is home to more than 50 thousand and the central hub to a metropolitan area of more than 212 thousand. In this video, you'll see the top 30 sites in the downtown area. This city has an incredibly rich history. After the Revolutionary War, 1,250 acres of land at the mouth of Elk River was sold to Colonel Clendenin, who built the first settlement here, called Fort Lee in 1787. Charlestown got its name from the Colonel's father, Charles, when officially proclaimed in the 1793 Virginia General Assembly. When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the western parts of Virginia, like Charleston, had mixed loyalties. Charleston changed hands twice during the Civil War and Lincoln issued a Presidential Proclamation making West Virginia the 35th state in 1863. In 1877, Charleston was chosen as the capital of West Virginia and the Capitol Building grounds were opened eight years later.

To see our video on the West Virginia Capitol Building, click here:

[HaywurdHeel]

West Virginian born and raised here, grew up about 10 miles outside of Charleston. Thank you so much for taking the time to show the beauty of our state. Thank you to everyone in the comments for the kind words!

[marcopolo]

I love charleston. I have family there. Being from Columbus, OH and living here all my life, strangers there treat you more like family than the ones I have here

[jairousparker]

Charleston, W. Va is a perfect size city, not too big and not too small. After visiting West Virginia I've always thought that W. Va was way too underrated. It was nothing like the stereotype's I had heard. It was absolutely beautiful and the people were warm and welcoming. Great video and muzik! Thanks ☝️😎👍

[rogers]

Nice video! I always read that WV is such a crappy state. But I also read as well that it is a beautiful state & the people are super friendly. From watching your video, sure is beautiful.

[jimmyTooFreshh]

I’m from Texas and this is my first look of West Virginia it’s such a wonderful looking place hope to visit some day

[bolajiaiyegboyin]

I fell in love with Charleston immediately I saw this video... Looking forward to seeing more in the future, my new home town.. With love from Nigeria..

[handel]

I love Charleston Back 2018 I moved in this beautiful city from my country Iran (Tehran) for my PHD Study sending love 💕 i love my new city Charleston 🇺🇲💕🇮🇷

[maupin]

I came across this video about a year ago I absolutely love it the this song has became my favorite song ever

[alonzoperrin]

This city surprised me when I visited it. A lot bigger than I thought and heard about, I enjoyed myself

[Diasporagreeksuniteforklavdia]

It looks so pretty...If I get the chance to visit the US one day, West Virginia will be the first option. Greetings from Germany!

[creekwoodjoe]

Beautiful capture of a beautiful city I would love to visit-especially in the Autumn season.

[L.Frank]

Thanks for sharing, greetings from Brazil.

[INNO]

I drove through back in '94 and liked it. I hope it's the same now or better. I plan to really check it out again this time.

[KuntryFowle]

THanks for this mate, lovely vid and lovely music. Almost makes me wanna return. (Rand-Bound)

[larrywebb]

Wow, that's really impressive.
I never thought much about West Virginia, , , after watching this video it actually looks way nicer then most city's .

[hustlazmuzik]

Amazing Video. I live a couple hours South of Charleston WV.

[unzone]

Very interesting city to visit, nice drone shot,

[johnszczepanski]

Awesome video!!!
Love ❤Charleston WV!!!
Who literally sings this awesome song on this video???

[johnnyfallen]

Iook so quite, this type of city i want to spent my life...take me home

[WVRailroadPapa]

Nice video of the area near where I grew up. Just wondered if you had to get permission to fly over Charleston with the airport close by.