Charleston, SC’s namesake was King Charles II (aren’t we glad it’s not Cromwellton). The entire colony of Carolina, which was not originally divided into a north and south, was named after King Charles I.

West Virginia, as a state, didn’t even exist until after the American Revolution. There weren’t even settlers that far west in what was Virginia colony. West Virginia didn’t exist until the Civil War, almost a century later, when it seceded from the Confederate colony of Virginia.

When Charleston, SC had mansions, trade, plantations, theater, art, etc., Charleston, WV didn’t even have a collection of shacks let alone a name.