Welcome to Summit Lake ...

Summit Lake is located in Langlade County<1>.

The location of Summit Lake has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Summit Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

A typical abbreviation for Summit Lake: Summit Lk.

Summit Lake is 1,720 feet [524 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Summit Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Summit Lake: (715) and (534)<4>

Communities Also Named Summit Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Summit Lake - it's located in British Columbia.

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

Communities near Summit Lake ...

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

• Antigo
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
  • Antigo is located in Langlade County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
• Crandon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
  • Crandon is located in Forest County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
• Elcho
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
  • Elcho is located in Langlade County
• Kempster
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster
  • Kempster is located in Langlade County
• Post Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
  • Post Lake is located in Langlade County
• Deerbrook
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
• Jennings
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Jennings is located in Oneida County
• Mole Lake
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
  • Mole Lake is located in Forest County
• Dudley
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
  • Dudley is located in Lincoln County
• Monico
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
  • Monico is located in Oneida County

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 Summit Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Summit Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Summit Lake. 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 Summit Lake.

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

Adding Summit Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summit Lake 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 Summit Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Summit Lake post office opened in 1882.

We also found Summit Lake in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Summit Lake.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Langlade County: www.co.langlade.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/