Summit Point is an
unincorporated community
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in
Jefferson County Jefferson County may refer to one of several counties or parishes in the United States, all of which are named directly or indirectly after Thomas Jefferson:
*Jefferson County, Alabama
*Jefferson County, Arkansas
*Jefferson County, Colorado
**Jeffe ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
.
The community is located along the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...
at the intersection of West Virginia Secondary Route 1 and Summit Point Pike in the lower
Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Rid ...
.
West Virginia Divisions of Highway GIS County Maps-Jefferson County
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References
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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