Keyser, West Virginia
| Keyser, West Virginia | |
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Downtown Keyser in January 2014
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 Location of Keyser, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates: 39°26′20″N 78°58′58″W / 39.43889°N 78.98278°WCoordinates: 39°26′20″N 78°58′58″W / 39.43889°N 78.98278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Mineral |
| Settled | 1852 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.92 sq mi (4.97 km2) |
| • Land | 1.92 sq mi (4.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 807 ft (246 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,439 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 5,337 |
| • Density | 2,832.8/sq mi (1,093.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 26726 |
| Area code(s) | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-43492 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1541180 |
Keyser (/ˈkaɪ.zər/) is a city in and the county seat of Mineral County,West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,439 at the 2010 census.
The community was named after William Keyser, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official.
The Thomas R. Carskadon House and Mineral County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Keyser is the home of the Potomac State College of West Virginia University, a junior college that serves primarily as a feeder college to WVU's main campus in Morgantown.
Keyser's public schools are part of the Mineral County school system. The schools in Keyser include Fountain Primary School, which covers Pre-Kindergarten through Fourth Grade; Keyser Middle School, which covers sixth through Eighth Grade; Keyser High School, which covers Ninth through Twelfth Grades; Mineral County Alternative School; and the Mineral County Tech Center, a vocational school. The mascot of Keyser High is the "Golden Tornado."
A new Keyser Primary School is scheduled to open on January 8, 2014. The new facility is located just north and adjacent to the campus that previously housed both the primary and middle Schools for the Keyser area. Once the old facility is vacated by the Keyser Primary School, it will remain in use by the Keyser Middle School.
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