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Summersville is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,459 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] It is the county seat of Nicholas County.
In 1863, West Virginia's counties were divided into civil townships, with the intention of encouraging local government. This proved impractical in the heavily rural state, and in 1872 the townships were converted into magisterial districts . [ 5 ]
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The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Mount Nebo is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Nebo is located at the junction of state routes 41 and 129, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Summersville. Mount Nebo has a post office with ZIP code 26679. [2] Mount Nebo is the home of the Summersville Lake Lighthouse, which was established on June 20 ...
Gilboa is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Gilboa is located on West Virginia Route 39, 5 miles (8.0 km) west-northwest of Summersville. Gilboa has a post office with ZIP code 26671. [2] The community derives its name, directly or indirectly, from Mount Gilboa in Israel. [3]
Summers County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,959. [1] Its county seat is Hinton. [2] The county was created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature on February 27, 1871, from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer and Monroe counties and named in honor of George W. Summers (1804–1868).
It lies along CR 41-7 just east of Route 41, south of the town of Summersville, the county seat of Nicholas County. [1] Its elevation is 2,142 feet (653 m). [ 2 ] Although Pool is unincorporated, it has a ZIP code of 26684; it once had its own post office, which opened on March 31, 1881, and closed on March 19, 2011.