Keyser Run, Virginia

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Photograph of the Keyser Run valley, circa 2007 Shenandoah in Winter.jpg
Photograph of the Keyser Run valley, circa 2007

Keyser Run, Virginia is an extinct unincorporated community in Rappahannock County, Virginia l, located near what is now Flint Hill. [1] [2] [3]

The Keyser Run community included homesteads, farms, and a cemetery in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley. [4] [5] The area was named for the Keyser family of Virginia. [6] [7] [8] [9]

The community became part of Shenandoah National Park during the Great Depression, [5] and part of the area is now referred to as Keyser Run. [1] [10] [11] [12] Keyser Mountain is also named for the former community. [1] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hargan, Jim (April 19, 2005). Explorer's Guide The Shenandoah Valley & Mountains of the Virginias: Includes Virginia's Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains & West Virginia's Alleghenies & New River Region (Explorer's Great Destinations). The Countryman Press. ISBN   978-1-58157-947-5.
  2. ↑ Wayland, John Walter (1980). A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN   978-0-8063-8011-7.
  3. ↑ Approved Place Names in Virginia. University Press of Virginia. 1971. ISBN   978-0-8139-0385-9.
  4. ↑ "Keyser Wood Cemetery". www.vagenweb.org. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Lambert, Darwin (1989). The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-0-911797-57-2.
  6. ↑ Cockey, Louise Keyser (1983). History of the Descendants of Charles Keyser and Henry Miller. Mrs. R.L. Cockey.
  7. ↑ Keyser, Charles S. (September 9, 2021). The Keyser Family: Descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN   978-1-01-359359-8.
  8. ↑ Moore, Robert H. (September 1, 2006). Tragedy in the Shenandoah Valley: The Story of the Summers-Koontz Execution. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-61423-479-1.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Elisabeth Branch (1981). Rappahannock County, Virginia, a History: Fact, Fiction, Foolishness, and the Fairfax Story. Walsworth Publishing Company.
  10. 1 2 Gildart, Jane; Gildart, Bert (June 1, 2022). Hiking Shenandoah National Park: A Guide to the Park's Greatest Hiking Adventures. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4930-6224-9.
  11. ↑ Manning, Russ (March 31, 2000). 75 Hikes in Virginia Shenandoah National Park. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN   978-1-59485-289-3.
  12. ↑ Soil Survey. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1958.

38°45′07″N78°15′47″W / 38.752°N 78.263°W / 38.752; -78.263

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