Lake Shawnee, West Virginia

Kegley is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Kegley is located along U.S. Route 19, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Princeton. Kegley has a post office with ZIP code 24731.

Mercer County is a county in Southern West Virginia on the southeastern border of the U.S. state of West Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 59,664. Its county seat is Princeton. The county was originally established in the State of Virginia by act of its General Assembly on March 17, 1837, using lands taken from Giles and Tazewell counties. Mercer County is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Rich Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is a tributary of the Bluestone River. Rich Creek was named for the rich soil of its river valley.

Spanishburg is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Spanishburg is located on U.S. Route 19, 9 miles (14 km) north of Princeton. Spanishburg has a post office with ZIP code 25922. Spanishburg has a population of around 200.The community was named after Spanish Brown, a family member of a pioneer settler.

Johnston Town is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Johnston Town is located on West Virginia Route 20, 2 miles (3.2 km) east-southeast of Princeton.

Kale is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Kale is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west-northwest of Princeton. The community most likely derives its name from the local Kale (or Kail) family.

Dr. Robert B. McNutt House is a historic home located at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. The original section was built about 1840, and is a classic I house configuration, with a two-story, three-bay main facade and a one-bay-wide, two-story centered portico. Later additions include a one-story, hip-roofed section and a two-story ell. The portico has curvilinear brackets and a second story railing in the Gothic Revival style. The house sits on a random ashlar sandstone foundation. Also on the property is a contributing stone storage building / well house. The house was used as a headquarters and field hospital by the Union Army in the spring of 1862.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

The Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton, West Virginia was built in 1930–31 in the Art Moderne style. Designed by Alex B. Mahood, it is the most significant example of the style in southern West Virginia. Friezes above the front and rear doors were designed by Mrs. S.L. Mahood, the mother of the architect.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.The Mercer County Courthouse sits in a traffic circle bordered by Main Street on the north side, Scott Street on the west side, Princeton Avenue on the south side, and Alvis Street on the east side. Although designed and built with entrances on all four sides, due to the security issues of today, the public can only enter through the north door.

The Battle of Princeton Court House was fought May 15–17, 1862 in Mercer County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in conjunction with Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. It was a minor victory for the Confederate States Army.

Dr. James W. Hale House, also known as the Hale-Pendleton House, "Temple Knob," and "Temple Hill," was a historic home located at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. Built about 1885, it was a large, two-story plus basement brick house. The house had many Gothic Revival features, such as pointed-arch windows with panes divided by simple geometric tracery, gingerbread bargeboards, and a large verandah completely around the west and south elevations. The verandah roof was supported by more than 12 fluted columns and a cornice with dentil molding in the Greek Revival style. The house sat atop Temple Knob, a small rise said to have been used as a signal point by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Pocosin Fork is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The creek most likely derives its name from the word pocosin (or poquosin) a type of marsh.

Princeton is a city in and the county seat of Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 5,872 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bluefield micropolitan area. The city hosts the Princeton WhistlePigs baseball club of the Appalachian League.