Welcome to Summerford ...

Summerford is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Summerford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

Summerford is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Summerford lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Summerford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Summerford - it's located in Newfoundland and Labrador.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Summerford.

Communities near Summerford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Summerford.

• Springfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
  • Springfield is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,456 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <3>
• Hilliard
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
  • Hilliard is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,797 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hilliard <3>
• Urbana
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
  • Urbana is located in Champaign County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,415 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbana <3>
• London
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
  • London is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,316 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for London <3>
• Plain City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain City
  • Plain City is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,761 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plain City <3>
• Jefferson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jefferson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
  • Jefferson is located in Madison County
• West Jefferson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
  • West Jefferson is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
• Mount Sterling
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
  • Mount Sterling is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,783 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Sterling <3>
• Mechanicsburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
  • Mechanicsburg is located in Champaign County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,615 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mechanicsburg <3>
• South Charleston
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Charleston
  • South Charleston is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,609 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Charleston <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Summerford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Summerford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Summerford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summerford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Summerford. See our Newspapers Page for Summerford.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Summerford ...

Looking for more information about Summerford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Summerford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Summerford.

Adding Summerford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summerford in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Summerford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Summerford post office opened in 1837.

We also found Summerford in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Summerford.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Summerford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/