Nicholas County, West Virginia Basics:
Nicholas County West Virginia - Government Site
Population: 26,239
Area: 647 square miles
County seat: Summersville
Area code(s) in use: 304
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%
Median household income: $38,780
Persons in poverty: 19.2%
Home ownership rate: 81.3%
Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Braxton Clay Fayette Greenbrier Webster
Places in Nicholas County, West Virginia
Herold Airport,
Richwood Municipal Airport,
Summersville Airport Rucker Bend,
The Bend Brocks Bridge,
Curtin Bridge,
Garrett Bragg Memorial Bridge,
Holcomb Bridge,
Hughes Bridge,
Hughes Ferry Bridge (historical),
Jim Comstock Memorial Bridge,
Nallen Bridge Birch River Fire Department,
Craigsville - Beaver - Cottle Volunteer Fire Department,
Craigsville Public Library,
Elizabeth Stephenson Memorial Library,
Hookersville Muddlety Volunteer Fire Department,
Jan - Care Ambulance Service Incorporated Craigsville,
Jan - Care Ambulance Service Incorporated Summersville,
Keslers Cross Lanes Volunteer Fire Service,
Marquee Cinemas Nicholas Showplace,
Nettie Fire Department,
Nicholas County Courthouse,
Nicholas County Sheriff's Office,
Quinwood Emergency Ambulance Incorporated,
Redi Care Incorporated Station 1,
Redi Care Incorporated Station 2,
Richwood Police Department,
Richwood Public Library,
Richwood Volunteer Fire Department,
Summersville Municipal Building,
Summersville Police Department,
Summersville Public Library,
Summersville Volunteer Fire Department,
West Virginia State Police Troop 6 Richwood Detachment,
West Virginia State Police Troop 6 Summersville Detachment,
Wilderness Volunteer Fire Department Long Point Acree Cemetery,
Armstrong Cemetery,
Bethel Cemetery,
Buckhorn Cemetery,
Butcher Cemetery,
Catholic Church Cemetery,
Dixon Chapel Cemetery,
Dotson-Simpson Cemetery,
Downtain Chapel Cemetery,
Duling Cemetery,
Fairview Cemetery,
Fields Cemetery,
Fowlers Knob Cemetery,
Gilgal Cemetery,
Groves Cemetery,
Hickory Grove Cemetery,
Hill Cemetery,
Hill Cemetery,
Hinkle Mountain Cemetery,
Keenan Cemetery,
Lambert Cemetery,
Little Union Cemetery,
McCutchin Cemetery,
Mount Gilead Cemetery,
Mount Lookout Cemetery,
Mount Union Cemetery,
Mountain Cemetery,
Mountain Trail Memorial Cemetery,
Mountain View Memorial Park,
Mullens Cemetery,
Neil Cemetery,
New Hope Cemetery,
Olive Branch Cemetery,
Penile Cemetery,
Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
Powers Cemetery,
Richwood Cemetery,
Russell Cemetery,
Russell Cemetery,
Simms Cemetery,
Spruce Grove Cemetery,
Spruce Run Cemetery,
Sugar Grove Cemetery,
Taylor Cemetery,
Tinnel/Mollohan Family Cemetery,
Walker Cemetery,
Ward Road Cemetery,
Wilson Cemetery,
Zoar Cemetery Belva Census Designated Place,
Birch River Census Designated Place,
Craigsville Census Designated Place,
Dixie Census Designated Place,
Fenwick Census Designated Place,
Glade Creek Census Designated Place,
Nettie Census Designated Place,
Tioga Census Designated Place Alderson Church,
Arnette Chapel,
Baughman Church,
Bays Chapel,
Beckley Chapel,
Bennett Memorial Chapel United Methodist Church,
Bethel United Methodist Church,
Beulah Church,
Bible Baptist Church,
Birch River Baptist Church,
Birch River Union Church,
Blacks Chapel,
Blacks Chapel (historical),
Bridge Church,
Buckhorn United Methodist Church,
Calvary Baptist Church,
Calvin Chapel,
Calvin Church,
Centennial Fairview Baptist Church,
Chestnut Flat Church,
Church of God,
Church of God,
Church of the Nazarene,
Cox Cemetery Church,
Craigsville Church of God,
Craigsville Revival Center Pentecostal Church,
Delphi United Methodist Church,
Dixie Baptist Church,
Dixon Chapel United Methodist Church,
Dotson-Simpson United Methodist Church,
Downtain Chapel,
Emmanuel Baptist Church,
Enon Church,
Eureka Church,
First Baptist Church,
First Baptist Church of Richwood,
First Church of God,
First United Methodist Church,
Fowler Knob Church,
Gilboa United Methodist Church,
Gilgal United Methodist Church,
Hickory Grove United Methodist Church,
Hill Top United Methodist Church,
Hinkle Chapel,
Hinkle Mountain United Methodist Church,
Holy Family Catholic Church,
Jordan Chapel,
LaFrank United Methodist Church,
Liberty Church,
Little Creek Union Church,
Little Elk Church,
Little Laurel Church,
Little Union Church,
Locust Grove Church,
Macedonia Church,
McFarlane Chapel,
Memorial United Methodist Church,
Mount Gilead Church,
Mount Pleasant Church,
Mount Union United Methodist Church,
Mount Vernon Church,
Mount Zion Church,
Mount Zion Church,
Mountain Church,
Muddlety United Methodist Church,
New Hope Church,
New Hope Church,
New Prospect Church,
New Testament Baptist Church,
Nile Chapel,
Olive Branch Church,
Penile Church,
Pierson United Methodist Church,
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church,
Powell Mountain Church,
Richwood Christian Church,
Richwood Presbyterian Church,
Riverside Baptist Church,
Saint Johns Church,
Saint Martins Church,
Salem Church,
Sims Memorial United Methodist Church,
Snow Hill Church,
Southern Baptist Fellowship Church,
Spruce Grove United Methodist Church,
Sugar Grove United Methodist Church,
Summersville Baptist Church,
Summersville Church of God,
Summersville Pentecostal Holiness Church,
Summersville Presbyterian Church,
Swiss Missionary Baptist Church,
Tioga United Methodist Church,
Twentymile Church,
Ward Road Church,
Zions Rest Church,
Zoar Church Carnifex Ferry (historical),
Persinger Ford (historical),
Persinger Ford (historical) Gauley Eagle Slurry Pond Dam,
Peerless Eagle Dam,
Summersville Dam Cottle Glades,
McClungs Meadows Boardtree Gap,
Hughey Divide,
Lynn Low Place Richwood Area Community Hospital,
Summersville Memorial Hospital Bays,
Big Rock Campground,
Camp Splinter,
Cherry Hill Country Club Golf Course,
Coal Siding,
Cottle Knob Lookout Tower,
Eberbaugh Station (historical),
Gauley Ranger Station,
Harris Siding,
Lowland,
Nicholas Memorial Golf Course,
Old Carnifex Ferry Site,
Sugar Grove Lookout Tower,
Woodbine Picnic Area Camp Gauley (historical) Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park,
Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park,
Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area,
Summersville Lake State Wildlife Area,
Summersville Lake Wildlife Management Area,
Young Monument Albion (historical),
Allingdale,
Beaver,
Beech Glen,
Belva,
Bentree,
Birch River,
Bright Mountain Estates,
Bruce,
Burl,
Calvin,
Cambria,
Canvas,
Carl,
Coe,
Cornelia,
Cottle,
Craigsville,
Curtin,
Deepwell,
Delphi,
Dixie,
Donald,
Drennen,
Enon,
Fenwick,
Fowler Knob,
Gilboa,
Glade Creek,
Grassy Falls,
Green Valley,
Greendale,
Harriet,
Holcomb,
Holly Hills Estates,
Hominy Falls,
Hookersville,
Jetsville,
Keslers Cross Lanes,
Kirkwood,
LaFrank,
Leivasy,
Lockwood,
Lyonsville,
Marybill,
Morris,
Morrison (historical),
Mount Lookout,
Mount Nebo,
Muddlety,
Nettie,
Nile,
Odell Town,
Opal,
Ophelia (historical),
Persinger,
Peters Junction,
Pine Trailer Park,
Poe,
Pool,
Richwood,
Runa,
Saxman,
Snow Hill,
Sparks (historical),
Summersville,
Swiss,
Tara Estates,
Tioga,
Tipton,
Tolbert,
Vaughan,
Vinton (historical),
Wade,
Waggy (historical),
Werth,
Woodbine,
Zela Albion Post Office (historical), Allingdale Post Office (historical), Almorris Post Office (historical), Amalek Post Office (historical), Bamboo Post Office (historical), Bays Post Office (historical), Beaver Post Office (historical), Beech Glen Post Office (historical),
Belva Post Office,
Birch River Post Office, Bruce Post Office (historical), Burl Post Office (historical),
Calvin Post Office, Cambria Post Office (historical),
Canvas Post Office, Carl Post Office (historical), Celo Post Office (historical), Conrad Post Office (historical), Cook Post Office (historical),
Cottle Post Office, Craigsville Post Office, Curtin Post Office (historical), Dade Post Office (historical), Deepwell Post Office (historical), Delphi Post Office (historical),
Dixie Post Office, Donald Post Office (historical),
Drennen Post Office, Dupuy Post Office (historical), Enon Post Office (historical), Eye Post Office (historical), Fenwick Post Office, Fowler Knob Post Office (historical),
Gilboa Post Office, Greendale Post Office (historical), Harriet Post Office (historical), Haymond Post Office (historical), Holcomb Post Office (historical), Hominy Falls Post Office (historical), Hookersville Post Office (historical), Jetsville Post Office (historical),
Keslers Cross Lanes Post Office, Kirkwood Post Office (historical), LaFrank Post Office, Leivasy Post Office, Lockwood Post Office (historical), Lowland Post Office (historical), Marybill Post Office (historical), Monta Post Office (historical), Morris Post Office (historical),
Mount Lookout Post Office,
Mount Nebo Post Office, Muddlety Post Office (historical),
Nettie Post Office, Nile Post Office (historical), Nod Post Office (historical), Olive Post Office (historical), Opal Post Office (historical), Ophelia Post Office (historical), Pearl Post Office (historical), Persinger Post Office (historical), Peteres Creek Post Office (historical),
Poe Post Office, Pool Post Office, Richwood Post Office, Robinwood Post Office (historical),
Runa Post Office, Saxman Post Office (historical), Snow Hill Post Office (historical), Sparks Post Office (historical), Summersville Post Office,
Swiss Post Office,
Tioga Post Office, Tipton Post Office (historical), Toad Post Office (historical), Tolbert Post Office (historical), Vaughan Post Office (historical), Vinton Post Office (historical), Waggy Post Office (historical), Winston Post Office (historical), Woodbine Post Office (historical), Zela Post Office (historical)
Gauley Eagle Number Four Impoundment,
Gauley Eagle Slurry Impoundment,
Summersville Lake,
Water Supply Reservoir Barn Ridge,
Bearhole Ridge,
Browns Ridge,
Bryant Ridge,
Clements Divide,
Colt Ridge,
Davis Ridge,
Grassy Ridge,
Horse Ridge,
Hurricane Ridge,
Jims Ridge,
Keener Ridge,
Middle Ridge,
Middle Ridge,
Perry Ridge,
Pine Ridge,
Powell Mountain,
Rocky Ridge,
Runnion Ridge,
Shawver Ridge,
Strouds Knobs,
The Divide Anderson School (historical),
Anthony Creek School (historical),
Armstrong School (historical),
Armstrong School (historical),
Backus School (historical),
Bamboo School (historical),
Bays School (historical),
Bean School (historical),
Beaver Elementary School,
Bell School (historical),
Bell School (historical),
Belmont School (historical),
Birch River Elementary School,
Blacks Chapel School (historical),
Bryant School (historical),
Bryant School (historical),
Buckhorn School (historical),
Bucklick School (historical),
Canvas Elementary School (historical),
Chapman School (historical),
Cherry River Elementary School,
Copenhaver School (historical),
Cottle Glade School (historical),
Craigsville Elementary School,
Dawson School (historical),
Dixie Elementary School,
Dixie Elementary School,
Duffy School (historical),
Eberly School (historical),
Fairview Schoolhouse (historical),
Fleger Ridge School (historical),
Fockler School (historical),
Fork Mountain School (historical),
Gilgal School (historical),
Glade Creek Elementary School,
Grassy Creek School (historical),
Hickman School (historical),
Hicks School (historical),
Hinkle School (historical),
Horse Ridge School (historical),
Kessler School (historical),
Leivasy Elementary School (historical),
Little Laurel School (historical),
Little Mountain School (historical),
Lone Star School (historical),
Mayflower School (historical),
McMillon School (historical),
Meadow Creek School (historical),
Milltown School,
Moore School (historical),
Mount Hope School (historical),
Mount Lookout Elementary School,
Mount Nebo Elementary School,
Mountain State Christian Academy,
Muddlety Elementary School (historical),
Nettie Elementary School (historical),
New Hope School (historical),
New Life Christian Academy,
New Milton School (historical), Newt White School (historical),
Nicholas County Career and Technical Center,
Nicholas County High School,
Nicholas School (historical),
Nixon School (historical),
Oak Grove School (historical),
Oak Grove School (historical),
Oak Hill School (historical),
Odell School (historical),
Otter Creek School (historical),
Panther Creek Elementary School,
Pecks School (historical),
Pine Grove School (historical),
Pine Grove School (historical), Poe School (historical),
Poplar Creek School (historical),
Richwood High School,
Richwood Middle School,
Rocky Point School (historical),
Rose Hill School (historical),
Shindle School (historical),
Snow Hill School (historical),
Spruce Grove School (historical),
Sugargrove School (historical),
Summersville Elementary School,
Summersville Middle School, Summersville Normal School (historical),
Summersville Seventh Day Adventist School,
Thorny Knob School (historical),
Tolbert School (historical),
Trimble School (historical),
Trout Valley School (historical),
Twenty-Mile School (historical),
Victor School (historical),
Wahoo School (historical),
White Buck School (historical),
Winebrenner School (historical), Woodbine School (historical),
Zela Elementary School Adkins Lick Creek,
Anglins Creek,
Anthony Creek,
Arbuckle Branch,
Ash Fork,
Back Fork,
Backus Branch,
Barn Run,
Barnet Run,
Barrenshe Run,
Battle Run,
Bear Run,
Bear Run,
Bearpen Fork,
Bearpen Fork,
Bee Run,
Beech Fork,
Beech Run,
Bells Creek,
Big Beaver Creek,
Big Run,
Big Run,
Big Run,
Big Run,
Big Run,
Bills Branch,
Board Fork,
Boardtree Branch,
Bowen Run,
Brier Run,
Brock Run,
Brushy Fork,
Brushy Fork,
Brushy Meadow Creek,
Bryant Branch,
Bryant Run,
Buck Branch,
Buck Garden Creek,
Buckheart Run,
Bucklick Branch,
Butcher Branch,
Cabin Run,
Camp 29 Run,
Cherry River,
Cherry Run,
Cherry Run,
Chestnut Camp Run,
Chestnut Lick Run,
Clear Fork,
Coal Siding Run,
Coalbed Run,
Cobb Run,
Collison Creek,
Colt Branch,
Conn Run,
Cranberry River,
Cranes Nest Run,
Crawford Branch,
Crooked Fork,
Crooked Run,
Crooked Run,
Curtin Run,
Deal Fork,
Deer Creek,
Desert Branch,
Donahoe Fork,
Dorsey Branch,
Dorsey Branch,
Dryhouse Run,
Duffy Branch,
Elevenmile Fork,
Elm Creek,
Enoch Branch,
Enoch Branch,
Falls Run,
Feedtrough Run,
Fockler Branch,
Geho Run,
Gibson Run,
Glade Creek,
Glade Run,
Golden Branch,
Granny Run,
Grassy Creek,
Groves Spring Branch,
Gulf Fork,
Hacking Run,
Hannah Run,
Hardway Branch,
Harris Fork,
Harris Siding Run,
Hickory Fork,
Hill Creek,
Hinkle Branch,
Hog Rock Branch,
Hogpen Run,
Holcomb Run,
Holcomb Run,
Hominy Creek,
Horse Run,
Hughey Branch,
Hutchison Branch,
Ike Fork,
Jackeman Run,
Jane Branch,
Jerry Fork,
Jerry Fork,
Jim Young Fork,
Jims Branch,
Jims Creek,
Jims Creek,
Joes Branch,
Jones Branch,
Jones Run,
Keenan Branch,
Kern Branch,
Kettle Run,
Kree Run,
Laurel Branch,
Laurel Creek,
Laurel Creek,
Laurel Fork,
Laurel Fork,
Laurel Lick Run,
Laurel Run,
Left Fork Big Beaver Creek,
Left Fork Laurel Creek,
Left Fork Poplar Creek,
Libertybowl Branch,
Lick Branch,
Lick Fork,
Lick Run,
Lick Run,
Lick Run,
Lilly Branch,
Line Creek,
Line Laurel Creek,
Little Barrenshe Run,
Little Beaver Creek,
Little Bee Run,
Little Creek,
Little Elk Creek,
Little Hacking Run,
Little Laurel Creek,
Little Laurel Run,
Little Run,
Little Run,
Lostlick Run,
Low Place Branch,
Lower Cabin Run,
Lower Laurel Run,
Lower Mill Creek,
Lower Spruce Run,
Lowry Branch,
Maston Run,
McClung Branch,
McKee Creek,
McMillion Creek,
Meadow Creek,
Meadow Creek,
Meadow River,
Middle Branch Hominy Creek,
Mill Branch,
Mill Branch,
Mill Creek,
Miller Creek,
Morris Creek,
Mouse Fork,
Muddlety Creek,
Mudlick Run,
Murphy Branch,
Music Run,
Neff Fork,
Neil Branch,
Nettle Run,
Nixon Branch,
North Fork Cherry River,
North Run,
Norton Branch,
Odell Spring Branch,
Open Fork,
Orchid Fork,
Otter Creek,
Pack Fork,
Packlets Creek,
Paddy Run,
Panther Creek,
Panther Lick Branch,
Peachorchard Branch,
Pearson Branch,
Persinger Creek,
Peters Creek,
Peters Fork,
Pheasant Run,
Phillips Run,
Pine Run,
Poplar Creek,
Powell Creek,
Puddy Run,
Rader Fork,
Rader Run,
Ramp Run,
Rays Branch,
Red Oak Branch,
Rich Fork,
Rich Fork,
Rich Fork,
Right Fork Line Creek,
Right Fork Robinson Fork,
Riley Branch,
Road Fork,
Road Fork,
Road Fork,
Road Fork,
Road Fork,
Road Fork,
Road Run,
Roaring Creek,
Robinson Fork,
Robinson Fork,
Rock Branch,
Rockcamp Branch,
Rockcamp Fork,
Rockcamp Run,
Rockhouse Run,
Rose Run,
Salmon Run,
Seng Camp Run,
Shant Branch,
Simmons Branch,
Skelt Run,
Slabcamp Run,
Slide Branch,
Spencer Run,
Spring Bottom Run,
Spring Branch,
Spring Run,
Spruce Run,
Spruce Run,
Spruce Run,
Staff Branch,
Stickler Run,
Stillhouse Branch,
Stillhouse Branch,
Stony Branch,
Strouds Creek,
Sugar Branch,
Sugarcamp Branch,
Sugarcamp Run,
Sugarcamp Run,
Sugarcamp Run,
Sugargrove Creek,
Sutton Run,
Sycamore Run,
Tate Run,
Taylor Creek,
Taylor Run,
Tedrow Branch,
Thrashhouse Run,
Trace Fork,
Trent Branch,
Trout Run,
Tug Fork,
Turkey Creek,
Turkey Run,
Twentymile Creek,
Twomile Branch,
Upper Laurel Run,
Walnut Fork,
Whitewater Branch,
Wolf Pen Run,
Wyatt Run,
Youngs Creek Barnette Hill,
Beech Knob,
Briery Knob,
Burnt Knob,
Coggins Knob,
Corren Knob,
Cottle Knob,
Dad Knob,
Daubenspeck Knob,
Fork Mountain,
Fowler Knob,
Fox Knob,
Fury Knob,
Laurel Knob,
Lonetree Mountain,
Mill Knob,
Panther Mountain,
Potato Hole Knob,
Short Back Hill,
Sugargrove Knob,
Tanner Knob,
Thorny Knob,
White Buck Knob,
Wildcat Knob Lone Star Lookout Tower,
WCWV-FM (Summersville),
WVAR Radio Tower (Sturgeon Bay),
WVAR-AM (Richwood) Barrenshe Trail,
Bee Run Trail,
Carnifex Trail,
Harris Siding Trail,
Hinkle Branch Trail,
Perry Ridge Trail,
Way Back Trail Big Hollow,
Coal Hollow,
Eller Hollow,
Handle Factory Hollow,
Josh Hollow,
Lower Elk Hollow,
Ramp Hollow,
Upper Elk Hollow,
Williams Hollow,
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