Summerlee is an
unincorporated community and
coal town
A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides residen ...
in
Fayette County,
West Virginia, United States. Summerlee is north-northwest of
Oak Hill. The Summerlee Mine was located here and was owned by the New River Coal Company.
The community supposedly is named after a place in Scotland.
The Scottish Summerlee is an area within the town of
Coatbridge.
References
Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Coal towns in West Virginia
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