Headsville, West Virginia
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Headsville is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. It lies between U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 46 along side Pattersons Creek.
Headsville had the oldest operating post office in the United States. It was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution and moved to Washington, D.C. where it still operates in the National Museum of American History.
Fort Cocke of the French and Indian War was located near Headsville.