Forest Hill, West Virginia

Forest Hill
Forest Hill
	Unincorporated community
	Forest Hill Location within the state of West Virginia Forest Hill Forest Hill (the US)
	Coordinates: 37°34′12″N80°47′22″W / 37.57000°N 80.78944°W Coordinates: 37°34′12″N80°47′22″W / 37.57000°N 80.78944°W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Summers
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24935

Last updated April 01, 2019

Forest Hill (also Foresthill) is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 12 to the southeast of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County.^[1] Its elevation is 1,926 feet (587 m).^[2] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 24935.^[3]

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Summers County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,927. Its county seat is Hinton. The county was created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature on February 27, 1871 from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer and Monroe counties and named in honor of George W. Summers (1804-68).

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States and is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.

Forest Hill once contained a tobacco factory.^[4]

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References

↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest Hill, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-01-18.
↑ Zip Code Lookup
↑ Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. p. 358.

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[1] Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest Hill, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-01-18.

[3] Zip Code Lookup

[4] Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. p. 358.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Summers County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Hinton
City	Hinton	Summers County map
Unincorporated communities	Ballengee‡ Bargers Springs Barksdale Barnettown Bellepoint Bertha Beurytown Brooklin Brooks Browning Buck Carew Claypool Clayton Crossroads Crumps Bottom Ellison Ellison Ridge Elton Farley Forest Hill Glenray Green Sulphur Springs Griffith Creek Hill Top Hilldale Hix Indian Mills Judson Jumping Branch Lick Creek Lockbridge Lowell Mandeville Marie Meadow Creek Mountview‡ Neponset Nimitz Pence Springs Pipestem Ramp Riffe Sandstone Santafee Seminole Streeter Suck Creek Talcott Tempa True Valley Heights Wiggins
Ghost towns	Egypt Junta Lilly Mercers Saltworks Tina Warford
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Forest Hill
Unincorporated community
Forest Hill Location within the state of West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Forest Hill Forest Hill (the US) Show map of the US
Coordinates: 37°34′12″N80°47′22″W / 37.57000°N 80.78944°W / 37.57000; -80.78944 Coordinates: 37°34′12″N80°47′22″W / 37.57000°N 80.78944°W / 37.57000; -80.78944
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Summers
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	24935