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Welcome to Summerville ...

Summerville is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Summerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.

Summerville is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Summerville: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Summerville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Summerville - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia (2), Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Texas and Vermont.

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

Communities near Summerville ...

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

  • Warren
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hampton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hermitage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Calion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Calion is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
  • Thornton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Thornton is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Banks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Banks is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Tinsman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Tinsman is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
  • Lanark
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lanark is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
  • Jersey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Farmville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Farmville is located in Bradley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Summerville ...

Looking for more information about Summerville? 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 Summerville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Summerville.

Adding Summerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summerville 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 (so far) for Summerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Summerville post office opened in 1859. The Summerville post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Summerville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Summerville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Summerville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Summerville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/