Kearneysville, West Virginia

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Kearneysville is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. According to the 2000 census, the Kearneysville community has a population of 6,716 [1].

Kearneysville is located along West Virginia Route 9 at its intersection with West Virginia Route 480 halfway between Martinsburg and Charles Town. It was founded on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1842 by the Kearney Brothers. In 1876, Kearneysville was the site of Jefferson's first commercial apple orchard. Because of its central location in the Panhandle, Kearneysville is home to the Burr and Bardane Industrial Parks and it is also one of the fastest growing areas of Jefferson County with its many expansive residential communities such as Chapel View and the Village of Washington Trail.

Kearneysville has its own post office (Zip Code 25430).

[edit] Sites on the National Register of Historic Places

Site	Year Built	Address	Listed
Elmwood-on-the-Opequon		3898 Sulphur Springs Road	2006
John VanMetre House		177 Elsie Drive	2004
Rellim Farm (Miller Farm)	late 1800s	Leetown Road (CR 1)	1998
Sunnyside Farm (William A. Fulk House)	mid 1800s	Leetown Road (CR 1)	1999
Traveller's Rest (General Horatio Gates House)	circa 1773	WV 480	1972
Woodlawn (Wiltshire House)	1800s	30 Wiltshire Road	2000

[edit] External links

Country Roads Folk Festival
Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center
Leetown Science Center
North Jefferson Elementary School
Prospect Hall Shooting & Hunting Club
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	Jefferson County, West Virginia
Municipalities	Bolivar \| Charles Town \| Harpers Ferry \| Ranson \| Shepherdstown
Unincorporated communities	Bakerton \| Bardane \| Blair \| Bloomery \| Blue Ridge Acres \| Browns Corner \| Clips Mill \| Duffields \| Egypt \| Engle \| Franklintown \| Halltown \| Jamestown \| Johnsontown \| Kabletown \| Kearneysville \| Keyes Ferry Acres \| Leetown \| Mannings \| Mechanicstown \| Mechlenberg Heights \| Meyerstown \| Middleway \| Millville \| Moler Crossroads \| Mountain Mission \| Reedson \| Rippon \| Riverside \| Shannondale \| Shenandoah Junction \| Silver Grove \| Skeetersville \| Summit Point \| Uvilla \| Wheatland
Parks and natural features	Blue Ridge Mountains \| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park \| Opequon Creek \| Potomac River \| Shenandoah River \| Virginius Island

	The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Counties	Berkeley \| Grant \| Hampshire \| Hardy \| Jefferson \| Mineral \| Morgan \| Pendleton
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Attractions	Appalachian National Scenic Trail \| Berkeley Springs State Park \| Cacapon Resort State Park \| Cacapon River \| Capon Springs \| Charles Town Races & Slots \| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park \| Fort Ashby \| Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches \| George Washington National Forest \| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park \| Indian Mound Cemetery \| Jennings Randolph Lake \| Lost River \| Lost River State Park \| Monongahela National Forest \| Mount Storm Lake \| Northwestern Turnpike \| Potomac River \| Potomac State College \| Seneca Rocks \| Shenandoah River \| Shepherdstown National Historic District \| Shepherd University \| Sleepy Creek Lake \| Smoke Hole Caverns \| South Branch Potomac River \| Spruce Knob \| Summit Point Motorsports Park \| The Trough \| Trout Pond \| Tuscarora Trail \| Washington Heritage Trail