Crumps Bottom, West Virginia

Crumps Bottom, West Virginia
Crumps Bottom, West Virginia
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Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554234

Crumps Bottom is an

New River, south of Hinton. Its post office^[2]

is closed. It was also known as the Mouth of Indian.

Crumps Bottom was settled in 1753 by Andrew Culbertson, the first English settler in the present Summers County. He established a working plantation with a lavish home. Crumps Botton was the site of the first post office in the area. The settlement was abandoned because of attacks by

Native Americans

.

The community is now a seasonal-access public area with camping and river access; it can be reached by one-lane roads off West Virginia Route 20.

References

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crumps Bottom, West Virginia

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crumps Bottom WV post office

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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
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