Keslers Cross Lanes, West Virginia

Kessler's Cross Lanes
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°14′07″N 80°56′08″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Nicholas
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1541166[1]

Kessler's Cross Lanes (sometimes misspelled as Kesler's Cross Lanes on maps) is an unincorporated community along Route 129 in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Just south of Kessler's Cross Lanes is Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park, which is a park of historical interest; a Civil War battle was fought at the site in 1863.

Located nearby is the Capt. John Halstead Farm, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[2]

Name

The community was named after Frederick Kessler, an early settler.[3]

See also

• Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Keslers Cross Lanes, West Virginia
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 348.