County
Sponsor
| Summers County Sponsor |
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
The Cities and communities of Summers County, West Virginia *
Pence Springs
Pipestem
*This list of cities may not be complete. The list may contain towns, cities, villages, boroughs, townships, ghost towns, populated places or simply areas designated by the US Census.
It you have information about any of these unlinked communities, please send it to us and we will make a page for that community
Return to top
Information &
Facts about Summers County, West Virginia
History
The first Europeans came to this area in the late 1650's when
Colonel Abraham Wood came to trade with the Monetan Indians. Until
the mid-1800's very few families or settlers came to the New River
Gorge area. Two families, those of Isaac Ballengee and John Hinton
settled in the Hinton area and were instrumental in the success
of Summers County. The Ballengee's sold land to the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad to enable the railroad to come into the area
and plan a community. John Hinton could be considered the founder
of Summers County and also laid out the town of Hinton. The legend
of John Henry lives on in Talcott where the famous feud between
man and machine was said to have occurred.
Summers County Convention and Visitors Bureau
206 Temple Street
Hinton, WV 25951
Phone: 304-466-5420
Fax: 304-466-3747
Email: mercertwo@inetone.net
Return to top
Return to the West Virginia Counties page
Return to the West Virginia Page
Return to the Key to the City home page
Thanks for visiting Key to the City. We hope you will visit again soon. We'll leave the light on for you!!
This page was last updated on 29 August 2006 at 8:30 pm
This page was created October 2004
This page, and all contents, are Copyright (C) 2008 by Key to the City, Norco, California, USA.