Summers County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- February 27, 1871
- Named after
- George W. Summers
- Seat
- Hinton
- Largest city
- Hinton
- Total
- 368 sq mi (950 km )
- Land
- 360 sq mi (930 km )
- Water
- 7.3 sq mi (19 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,532
- Density
- 33/sq mi (13/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- summerscountywv .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 11959
- Area
- 952
- Elevation
- 558
- Official website
- summerscountywv.org
- Image
- Summers County Courthouse West Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 5617
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- Commons category
- Summers County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1871-02-27
- water as percent of area
- 2
- native label
- Summers County
- per capita income
- 22196
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Summers County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,959. Its county seat is Hinton. 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).
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