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West Virginia, United States
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Summersville, town, seat of Nicholas county, south-central West Virginia, U.S. It lies near the Gauley River, 45 miles (72 km) east of Charleston. Founded on Peters Creek in 1824, it was named for Judge Lewis Summers, who introduced the bill that created Nicholas county. During the American Civil War, Nancy Hart, the noted Confederate spy, led an attack upon the town (July 1861), capturing a Union force and burning most of the buildings. She was...

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