Do you know of Crow Summit ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Crow Summit. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Crow Summit.<1>

Our sources for Crow Summit (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Crow Summit other than they indicate that Crow Summit would be found somewhere in Jackson County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1893 and closed  in 1949.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Crow Summit ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Crow Summit:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Crow Summit.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/19276   (Place Name: Crow Summit)

County: Jackson     (FIPS State/County: 54/035)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Crow Summit) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Jackson County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jackson County.