Summerlee, West Virginia

Summerlee, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Summerlee
Summerlee
Coordinates: 38°00′10″N 81°09′36″W / 38.00278°N 81.16000°W / 38.00278; -81.16000Coordinates: 38°00′10″N 81°09′36″W / 38.00278°N 81.16000°W / 38.00278; -81.16000
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Fayette
Elevation 2,001 ft (610 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 304 & 681
GNIS feature ID 1555743[1]

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 community supposedly is named after a place in Scotland.[2]

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. 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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