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Mineral County, West Virginia

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11historic places

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1866formed

26,938pop. 2020

158cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Burlington, Keyser, Piedmont.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Burlington Historic District	Burlington	District	1992
Carskadon House	Burlington	Building	1987
Carskadon, Thomas R., House	Keyser	Building	2002
Davis, Henry Glassaway, House	Piedmont	Building	2008
Fairview	Burlington	District	1992
Fort Ashby	Fort Ashby	Building	1970
Fort Hill	Burlington	District	1997
Mineral County Courthouse	Keyser	Building	2005
Stewart's Tavern	Short Gap	Building	2000
Travelers Rest	Burlington	Building	2006
Vandiver-Trout-Clause House	Ridgeville	Building	1979

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mineral was formed in 1866 (1866-02-01) from Hampshire.

MINERAL created from HAMPSHIRE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Mineral County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,332	8,630	12,883	19,849	22,215	22,333	22,354	27,234	27,078	26,938

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

158 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 158 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abe Cemetery	39.57222	-78.77696
Aberathy Cemetery	None	None
Abernathy Cemetery	None	None
Alkire Cemetery	None	None
Apple Orchard Cemetery	None	None
Arnold Cemetery	39.42625	-78.99465
Arnold Cemetery	39.36072	-79.00745
Arnold Cemetery	39.28643	-78.96536
Baily Cemetery	None	None
Baker Cemetery	39.48534	-78.9332
Bane Cemetery	39.29965	-78.94327
Bane Cemetery	None	None
Barnhouse Cemetery	None	None
Barrick Cemetery	None	None
Bever Run Cemetery	39.34975	-78.87319
Biser Cemetery	39.46893	-78.892
Blackburn Cemetery	39.34148	-79.22253
Bond Cemetery	None	None
Bonny View Cemetery	None	None
Boswell Cemetery	39.32357	-79.1193
Burgess Cemetery	None	None
Cabin Run Cemetery	39.42062	-78.92119
Canon Cemetery	39.28787	-78.98828
Carr Cemetery	39.48481	-78.78696
Claysville United Brethern Church Cemetery	None	None
Clear Spring Cemetery	None	None
County Cemetery	None	None
Criser Cemetery	None	None
Cross Cemetery	39.42908	-79.08525
Cross Church Cemetery	39.43195	-79.08772
Culp Cemetery	39.50614	-78.86322
Cundiff Cemetery	39.34699	-78.98524
Daniel Leatherman Cemetery	None	None
Dans Run Cemetery	None	None
Davis Cemetery	39.31174	-79.02761
Dawson Cemetery	None	None
Dawson Cemetery	None	None
Dayton Cemetery	39.50818	-78.8646
Delawder Cemetery	39.36715	-78.9399
Dixon Cemetery	39.34259	-79.13475
Dixon Cemetery	39.39253	-79.15655
Doll Cemetery	39.29058	-79.06867
Duling Cemetery	39.39055	-79.00421
Dye Cemetery	None	None
Ellifritz Cemetery	None	None
Eusebia Church Cemetery	39.45177	-78.81165
Evans Cemetery	39.31926	-79.16587
Evans Cemetery	39.31198	-79.11042
Ferrbee Cemetery	39.28098	-79.02806
Fink Cemetery	None	None
Fleet Cemetery	None	None
Frankfort Cemetery	39.50286	-78.76307
Gentebary Cemetery	None	None
George Leatherman Cemetery	None	None
Gersham Roberts Cemetery	None	None
Gerstell Family Cemetery	39.48692	-78.9266
Grayson Cemetery	None	None
Green Cemetery	39.36739	-79.10397
Green Cemetery	39.42175	-78.9603
Greenwall Cemetery	39.41064	-78.84946
Hamrick Cemetery	None	None
Hardy Cemetery	39.56147	-78.7214
Hartmansville Cemetery	None	None
Headsville Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery	39.38991	-78.85241
Homan Cemetery	None	None
House Cemetery	None	None
Hull - Utta Cemetery	39.28968	-78.99106
Hull-Saylor Cemetery	None	None
Ilechiter Monnett Cemetery	39.56189	-78.80135
Inkeep Cemetery	39.51175	-78.78335
Jenny Spring Cemetery	None	None
Jimmy Hines Cemetery	None	None
John Duncan Cemetery	None	None
John Liller Cemetery	39.35158	-78.98448
John W Wogers Cemetery	None	None
Johnson Cemetery	None	None
Jones Cemetery	39.3761	-79.15806
Jones Cemetery	None	None
Joshua Kight Cemetery	None	None
Junkins Cemetery	None	None

Historical populated places — 6 of 6

Name	Lat	Lon
Ackerman	39.58564	-78.82058
Gleason	39.36288	-79.21726
Noswad	39.48093	-78.92614
Riverside	39.57703	-78.82308
Wabash	39.32788	-79.1817
Windom	39.45398	-79.10198

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Moorefield	1,871	34.9 km	WV013

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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