Summerlee, West Virginia

Summerlee, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°00′10″N 81°09′36″W
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 Summerlee Mine was located here and was owned by the New River Coal Company.[2]

The community supposedly is named after a place in Scotland.[3] 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.