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Summersville
Population 2010 Census: 3,572
Median Age: 43 years
Courthouse: Completed 1898; addition 1940
Architect: Frank E. and Henry R. Davis; addition Levi J. Dean
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Formed: 1818
Named: For Wilson Cary Nicholas, Governor of Virginia, 1814-16
County Seat: Summersville
Land in Square Miles: 646.82
Population 2010 Census: 26,233
Persons per Square Mile 2010: 40.6
Primary Sources Online
Spud and Splinter Festival, 1937
Olgebay Norton Mine Disaster, 1958
1960 Presidential Campaign in Nicholas County
Dedication of the Summersville Dam, 1966
Hominy Falls Mine Disaster, 1968
Resignation of Senate President Larry Tucker, 1989
| Groundbreaking for the Summersville Dam, 1960 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Summersville Dam, Spring 1966 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Cherry River Elementary chess tournament, 1983 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Larry Orndorff of Nettie, 1984 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Ruth Stevenson of Summersville, 1984 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Doc Frazer's putting green, Richwood, 1984 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Opal Taylor of Summersville, 1984 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Whitewater season on the Gauley River, 1984 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Carnifex Ferry State Park, 1984 | (dialup) (broadband) |
| Whitewater rafting on the Gauley River, 1993 | (dialup) (broadband) |
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