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Keyser
 Population 2010 Census: 5,439
 Median Age: 36.1 years
 
Courthouse: Completed 1868; additions 1894 and 1941Architect: C. G. Sims; Franzheim and Geisey; J. P. Blundon
 
 
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 | Formed: 1866 Named: For the mineral resources found there
 County Seat: Keyser
 Land in Square Miles: 327.83
 Population 2010 Census:  28,212
 Persons per Square Mile 2010: 86.1
 
Primary Sources OnlineDAR purchase of Fort Ashby, 1927
 Eisenhower Stop in Keyser, 1952
 1960 Presidential Campaign in Mineral County
 
 
Civil WarSkirmish at Patterson's Creek, 1861
 The New Creek Fight, 1861
 From New Creek, 1861
 Patterson's Creek Bridge, 1862
 From New Creek, 1862
 From New Creek Camp, 1862
 Order from Milroy, 1862
 The Fourteenth Camp Near New Creek, 1862
 From the Fifteenth, 1863
 Skirmish near Burlington, 1863
 Cavalry Review at New Creek, 1863
 Meeting of Battery D, 1st West Virginia, 1864
 Skirmish at Patterson's Creek, 1864
 Skirmish at Patterson's Creek, 1864
 Descent of Guerillas on the Baltimore Road, 1864
 Theft of a Horse, 1864
 Tribute to Col. Mulligan, 1864
 Fight at New Creek, 1864
 Capt. Wright Kelley and the recent shooting at New Creek, 1864
 Late Disaster at New Creek, 1864
 Capture of Generals Kelley and Crook, 1865
 
 
PhotographsPhotographs of Schools in Mineral County
 
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