About Summit City
The tongue-in-cheek reason often given as the origin of the city's name is that surveyors laying out the town in 1842 showed up during a heavy snow storm and therefore named the town Whitesburg. It was actually named for state Rep. Daugherty White of Clay County, who championed the creation of the new county. The town of Summit City was selected as the county seat and renamed for White.
Summit City Lounge is a cumulative community effort for Whitesburg, Kentucky and the citizens of Letcher County and beyond. Summit City offers locals a place to be themselves, relax and enjoy the finer things in life including an art gallery, live performance stage, wine bar, coffee related drinks and free wi-fi. You can check your email on your laptop or PDA, while enjoying a fine beverage.
Summit City is located on Main Steet in downtown Whitesburg, Kentucky directly across from the Letcher County Tourism Building.
