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. Kearneysville is located along West Virginia State Route 9 at its intersection with West Virginia State 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.
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Sites on the National Register of Historic Places
| Site | Year Built | Address | Listed |
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| 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 |
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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
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Local or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Local or Microsoft Virtual Earth
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