Brooks, West Virginia

Brooks
Unincorporated community
Brooks Location within the state of West Virginia
Coordinates: 37°43′27″N 80°53′11″W / 37.72417°N 80.88639°W / 37.72417; -80.88639Coordinates: 37°43′27″N 80°53′11″W / 37.72417°N 80.88639°W / 37.72417; -80.88639
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Summers
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Brooks is an unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along the New River to the north of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County.^[1] Its elevation is 1,657 feet (505 m).^[2]

History

Brooks is named for an early settler.^[3]

References

↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '04. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2004, p. 112.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brooks, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-01-18.
↑ Miller, James Henry (1908). History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. J.H. Miller. p. 354.

Municipalities and communities of Summers County, West Virginia, United States

County seat: Hinton

City	Hinton

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

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