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Welcome to Mercers Saltworks ...So far, we found very little information about Mercers Saltworks. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mercers Saltworks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mercers Saltworks, please Contact Us. Mercers Saltworks would have been located within present day Summers County<2>. The location of Mercers Saltworks has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mercers Saltworks, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Mercers Saltworks is 1,460 feet [445 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Mercers Saltworks was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Mercers Saltworks once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes. Communities near Mercers Saltworks ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mercers Saltworks.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mercers Saltworks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mercers Saltworks. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mercers Saltworks. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mercers Saltworks. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mercers Saltworks. See our Newspapers Page for Mercers Saltworks. Adding Mercers Saltworks to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mercers Saltworks in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mercers Saltworks was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Mercers Saltworks on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mercers Saltworks. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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