DISCOVERKEYSER
Where Appalachian heritage meets mountain beauty. County seat of Mineral County — 3 hours from Washington D.C., a world away from ordinary.
A City with Deep Mountain Roots
Originally called Paddy Town after Irish settler Patrick McCarty, then New Creek, Keyser took its name in 1874 — honoring William Keyser, Vice President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad whose line transformed the region in 1842.
Today Keyser is home to Potomac State College of WVU (est. 1901 on historic Civil War Fort Fuller), WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital, and a vibrant downtown community rich with Appalachian culture on the banks of the North Branch Potomac River.
Mineral County is part of the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area — over 500 square miles of forested beauty where American history lives on in every ridge and hollow.
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