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Hinton
 Named for John Hinton
 Population 2010 Census: 2,676
 Median Age: 46 years
 
Courthouse: Completed 1874Architect: R. L. Wilson and J. D. King
 
 
 
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 | Formed:1871 Named: In honor of George W. Summers, a prominent jurist of Kanawha County
 County Seat: Hinton
 Land in Square Miles: 360.46
 Population 2010 Census: 13,927
 Persons per Square Mile 2010: 38.6
 
Primary Sources OnlineWreck of the C&O, 1890
 1960 Presidential Campaign in Summers County
 Erection of John Henry Statue, 1972
 
 
Civil WarDestruction of the Mercer Salt Works in present-day Summers County, 1862
 
 
PhotographsPhotographs of Schools in Summers County, A-F
 Photographs of Schools in Summers County, G-K
 Photographs of Schools in Summers County, L-R
 Photographs of Schools in Summers County, S-Z
 Soldiers and Red Cross workers standing next to train at the Hinton station, circa 1917
 
 
Secondary Sources OnlineList of Summers County Legislators
 Clayton, Agricultural Extention Community History
 Forest Hill, Agricultural Extention Community History
 Marie, Agricultural Extention Community History
 
 
West Virginia Veterans Memorial BiographiesVirgil Boyd Adkins
 Eugene Ramon "Mecot" Camara
 David Jim Collins
 Basil Marion Cook
 Roger Gene Craig
 Thomas Kenton Deeds
 Harry Benton Kesler
 Junior Everette Michael
 Bruce McKinley Noble
 Burrell Gilbert Pannell
 Aubra Russell Perry Jr.
 Herbert Newton Perry
 Robert Calvin Perry
 James Grover Richardson
 Burl Grant Richmond
 
 
History of the American Negro BiographiesJoseph Jordan Nickerson
 John Dabney Woodfork
 
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