Welcome to Summers County WV
History and Genealogy
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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
Summers County Courthouse

Summers County Courthouse
120 Ballengee Street
PO Box 97
Hinton WV 25951
Phone: (304) 466-7104
Fax: (304) 466-7146


Cities and Towns
Hinton

Other places
* Bellepoint * Brooks * Elton * Forest Hill * Green Sulphur Springs
* Greenbrier Springs * Hix * Indian Mills * Madams Creek
* Nimitz * Pence Springs * Pipestem * Sandstone * Talcott



Summers County Online Data

BIOGRAPHIES

BIRTHS

CEMETERIES

CENSUS

DEATH RECORDS

HISTORY

MARRIAGES

MILITARY DATA

NEWSPAPER DATA

OBITUARIES

 

WILLS and PROBATE Documents

Website Updates:
Nov 2011: County History
Jun 2011: Crushed to Death (Miscellaneous News)
May 2011: Riverview Cemetery
Apr 2011: Ball Family Biography
Jan 2011: MEADOR, MEADOWS Family biographies; 1871-1880 Death Records; PACK surname marriages
Dec 2010: Birth Records from 1871; biography of the LILLY, SWOPE and PACK families, Birth Records from 1872 and 1873


Surrounding Counties

Greenbrier County (northeast)

Mercer County (southwest)

Monroe County (east)

Fayette County (northwest)

  Raleigh County (west)


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