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Old Fields, West Virginia
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Old Fields, West Virginia is located in West Virginia
Old Fields, West Virginia
Old Fields, West Virginia
Location in West Virginia
Old Fields, West Virginia is located in the United States
Old Fields, West Virginia
Old Fields, West Virginia
Location in the United States
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Hardy
Elevation
804 ft (245 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
26845
GNIS feature ID 1555262

Old Fields is an unincorporated community on the South Branch Potomac River in northern Hardy County, West Virginia, United States.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Old Fields has also been known throughout its history as Indian Old Field, Indian Old Fields, and Oldfields. Also, as "Fort Pleasant," a French and Indian War fort built on the Van Meter land at Old Fields.

History

The community was named for the fact the original town site was an Indian old field.

Other buildings of interest in the vicinity include Old Fields Church (1812; the second-oldest church in West Virginia), the Garrett Van Meter House (1835), Buena Vista (1836), built for William T. Van Meter (killed in Gen. Wade Hampton’s “Beefsteak Raid” behind Union lines near Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864), and Traveler’s Rest (1856; constructed for Garrett Van Meter’s three unmarried sisters: Ann, Rebecca, and Susan).

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