Pocosin Fork

Lashmeet is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 10 northwest of the city of Princeton, the county seat of Mercer County. Although Lashmeet is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 24733. As of the 2010 census, its population was 479. The community most likely derives its name from the local Lashmeet (or Lashmutt) family.

Mount Olive is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Olive is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Matoaka.

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.

Lake Shawnee is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Lake Shawnee is located along U.S. Route 19, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Princeton. Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, abandoned in 1966, occupies a desecrated native burial ground which was the site of the 1783 Mitchell Clay settler farm. Three of the Clay children (Bartley, Tabitha, Ezekial) were killed by a band of natives; Mitchell Clay led a group of settlers in bloody retaliation, killing several natives. In the 1920s, businessman Conley T. Snidow purchased the site of the Clay farm for development as an amusement park. At least six amusement patrons were killed while the park was in operation; a little girl on the circling swing set was hit after a truck backed into the path of the swing, and a boy drowned in the amusement park's swimming pond. The park's structures and rides are still standing, abandoned and in disrepair. Tours are offered in the days leading up to Halloween, in which the site is described as being "cursed" or "haunted".

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.

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.

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.

Widemouth Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Widemouth Creek was named for the fact the creek has a relatively wide mouth.

Rock is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Rock is located along West Virginia Route 71, 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Montcalm. Rock has a post office with ZIP code 24747. The community most likely took its name from a large rock formation near the original town site.

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.

Gardner is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Gardner is located along Interstate 77, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Princeton. The Gardner Area was home of the Bluestone Land and Lumber Company, the Mercer County Poor Farm, and the Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Organizations that still exist in the Gardner Area include the Mercer County Gardner Center, U.S. Forest Service, West Virginia Forest Products Center, West Virginia Division of Highways, Pikeview Middle School and Pikeview High School.