THE SUMMERS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Forested Hills and Mountains setting.
Summers County has 360.6 square miles of land in West Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Summers County: Forested Hills and Mountains, Greenbriar Karst, Dissected Appalachian Plateau.
A rugged, deeply cut plateau of sandstone, shale and related rocks supports extensive forest. High hills and low mountains distinguish this Appalachian landscape from smoother neighboring regions.
Regional context: Central Appalachians ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Summers County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Forested Hills and Mountains66.9%
- Greenbriar Karst30.6%
- Dissected Appalachian Plateau2.5%
Finding your parcel within Summers County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Summers County, including Hinton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Summers County by land and water
The Census records 7.13 square miles of water within Summers County, or 1.9% of its total area. That share is close to Summers County’s 1.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Summers County has 161.1 times the land area of nearby Hinton city (2.24 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Fayette County, Greenbrier County, Mercer County, Monroe County, Raleigh County within West Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

