Keyser Run, Virginia
Keyser Run, Virginia is an extinct unincorporated community in Rappahannock County, Virginial, 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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hargan, Jim (2005-04-19). 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.
- ^ Wayland, John Walter (1980). A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-8011-7.
- ^ Approved Place Names in Virginia. University Press of Virginia. 1971. ISBN 978-0-8139-0385-9.
- ^ "Keyser Wood Cemetery". www.vagenweb.org. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ a b Lambert, Darwin (1989). The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-911797-57-2.
- ^ Cockey, Louise Keyser (1983). History of the Descendants of Charles Keyser and Henry Miller. Mrs. R.L. Cockey.
- ^ Keyser, Charles S. (2021-09-09). The Keyser Family: Descendants of Dirck Keyser of Amsterdam. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 978-1-01-359359-8.
- ^ Moore, Robert H. (2006-09-01). Tragedy in the Shenandoah Valley: The Story of the Summers-Koontz Execution. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61423-479-1.
- ^ Johnson, Elisabeth Branch (1981). Rappahannock County, Virginia, a History: Fact, Fiction, Foolishness, and the Fairfax Story. Walsworth Publishing Company.
- ^ a b Gildart, Jane; Gildart, Bert (2022-06-01). Hiking Shenandoah National Park: A Guide to the Park's Greatest Hiking Adventures. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-6224-9.
- ^ Manning, Russ (2000-03-31). 75 Hikes in Virginia Shenandoah National Park. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-1-59485-289-3.
- ^ Soil Survey. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1958.