Kaymoor
Kaymoor is a ghost town in Fayetteville, West Virginia, founded in 1900. Former coal company settlement with protected mine ruins. HauntHunt files it with ghost towns and industrial history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.
Protected ruins accessible by designated trails; mine entry is not authorized. Routes have steep grades and extensive stairs.
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Is Kaymoor haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
Kaymoor is the stacked — the 'three levels' that's the town's split, the 'haulage' that's the rail's link. The '18 Empire States' is the mined — the '16 million tons' that's the coal's count, the '62 years' that's the seam's run. The 'electric homes' is the first — the '1901' that's the wired date, the 'better mine' that's the town's name.
The 'hand loaded' is the failed — the 'never adopted' that's the machines' miss, the 'fire took' that's the '58 sweep. The 'tipple laid' is the felled — the 'CSX asked' that's the '99 push, the 'on its side' that's the structure's rest. Kaymoor is the kept — the 'most intact' that's the gorge's claim, the 'NPS walks' that's the ruin's tour.
The file keeps Kaymoor: the stacked town, the mined millions, the hand loading, and the laid tipple.
Kaymoor is the archive's West Virginia file — the town built in three floors on a cliff.
Why this file matters
Kaymoor is the archive's West Virginia file — the most intact ghost town in the gorge.
A town keeps its levels — the file's suggestion being that Kaymoor's hold is the vertical: the 'three floors' that's the town's stack, the 'hand loaded' that's the progress' miss, and the 'intact' that's the abandonment's gift.
Documented history
NPS dates mine establishment to 1899 and first coal shipments to 1900; employee housing began in 1901. A ghost town's file is unusual: the emptiness itself is documented, and this entry is part of that record. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Kaymoor' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceKaymoor One closed in 1962. NPS preserves mine and town remains with designated hiking access. A ghost town's file is unusual: the emptiness itself is documented, and this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'Visiting Kaymoor' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01KaymoorNational Park Service · government · A1
- 02Visiting KaymoorNational Park Service · government · A1
Field notes & open questions
Visiting page instead calls founding 1900; distinguish establishment from first shipment. Production totals and donation dates differ between NPS pages and need archival resolution.