Summers County, West Virginia
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Summers County Courthouse
Summers County Court House
120 Ballengee Street
Hinton, WV 25951


Summers County
Founded: February 27, 1871
Named for: George W. Summers
County Seat: Hinton
Largest City: Hinton
Total Area: 368 sq. miles

Summers County was created by an act of the West Virginia General Assembly on February 27, 1871
from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer and Monroe counties. It was named in honor of George W.
Summers (1804-1868). Its county seat is Hinton. - Wikipedia

City
Hinton

Towns & Communities
Ballengee (w/Monroe County) • Bargers Springs • Barksdale • Barnettown
Bellepoint • Bertha • Beurytown • Brooklin • Brooks • Browning • Buck • Carew
Claypool • Clayton • Crossroads • Crumps Bottom • Ellison • Ellison Ridge • Elton
Farley • Forest Hill • Glenray • Green Sulphur Springs • Griffith Creek • Hill Top • Hilldale
Hix • Indian Mills • Judson • Jumping Branch • Lick Creek • Lockbridge • Lowell • Mandeville
Marie • Meadow Creek • Mountview (w/Raleigh County) • Neponset • Nimitz
Pence Springs • Pipestem • Ramp • Riffe • Sandstone • Santafee • Seminole • Streeter
Suck Creek • Talcott • Tempa • True • Valley Heights • Wiggins

Ghost Towns
Egypt • Junta • Lilly • Mercers • Saltworks • Tina • Warford

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Website Updates

Dec 2024:
History Topics: from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ CHAPTER V. TOPOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, ETC.
News: Admin.: BOCOCK, BOON, DOUGLASS, GARTEN, HARVEY, HINTON, NEWKIRK, REDMOND, STRALEY, WILLIAMS
News: Accidents/Injuries: BEARD, FOSTER, NAGLE
News: Births: WILLIAMS
News: Community: LIST OF LETTERS
News: Court: CALES, GARTEN, HARVEY, HOGE, NICKELL, ROGERS, THOMPSON
News: Gossip/Visiting: ADAMS, BRANSFORD, COAST, DOUGLASS, FREDEKING, GRAHAM, LITSINGER, LOWRY, LUCK, MAHAN, MAXWELL, McCLUNG, McDONALD, O'MAHONDRAU
News: Marriages:
News: Sick List: BEARD, FOSTER, NAGLE
Obits: MAYNARD [nk]

Sep 2024:
History Topics: from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ CHAPTER IV. IN THE EARLY DAYS.

Aug 2024:
History Topics: from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ CHAPTER III - ABORIGINAL AND ANCIENT. DIAGRAM OF FORT.

Jul 2024:
History Topics: from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ CHAPTER II - FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT HISTORY. SOME OLD LAWS. FIRST DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

Jun 2024:
Church Histories: from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ CHAPTER XVII - CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH, OAK GROVE M. E. CHURCH SOUTH, BLUESTONE BAPTIST CHURCH
History Topics: from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ PREFACE; CHAPTER I - TERRITORIAL LINEAGE, LORD FAIRFAX, FIRST DIVISION OF GREENBRIER COUNTY; CHAPTER VII - FIRST SETTLERS OF HINTON

May 2024:
Church Histories: from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ LICK CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH, KELLER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GREEN SULPHUR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH, ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, TALCOTT M. E. CHURCH SOUTH, METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT FOREST HILL, INDIAN MILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH
History Topics: Calamities and Crimes from the "History of Summers County ..." ─ THE McKELVEY CASE, THE STATE vs. ROBERT PAULEY
News: Calamities: TERRIBLE ACCIDENT - HAWK, HESLIP, McDONALD, McWILLIAMS, NAGLE
News: Gossip/Visiting: ARTER, DUERSON, DUNN, FREDEKING, HUNTINGTON, McINTOSH, TOWLES
News: Sick List: McCLUNG

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Surrounding Counties
Greenbrier - (northeast)
Monroe - (east)
Mercer - southwest)
Fayette - (northwest)
Raleigh - (west)

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