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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Summerlee, West Virginia
Summerlee is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Summerlee is 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Oak Hill. The Summerlee Mine was located here and was owned by the New River Coal Company.

The community supposedly is named after a place in Scotland. The Scottish Summerlee is an area within the town of Coatbridge.

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Libraries, W. V. U. "Summerlee Mine". onview.lib.wvu.edu. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 612.


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