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Welcome to Summerlee ...

Summerlee is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Summerlee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Summerlee is 2,000 feet [610 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Summerlee lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Summerlee: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Summerlee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Summerlee.

  • Beckley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fayetteville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ansted
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mount Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mabscott
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
  • Smithers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pratt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
  • Gauley Bridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Meadow Bridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people

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 Summerlee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Summerlee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Summerlee. 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 Summerlee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Summerlee. See our Newspapers Page for Summerlee.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Summerlee ...

Looking for more information about Summerlee? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Summerlee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Summerlee.

Adding Summerlee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summerlee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Summerlee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Summerlee post office opened in 1912. The Summerlee post office closed in 1994.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Summerlee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Summerlee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Summerlee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Summerlee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/