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Welcome to Summit City ...

So far, we found very little information about Summit City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Summit City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Summit City, please Contact Us.

Summit City would have been located within present day Shasta County<2>.

Summit City was established in 1938.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Summit City is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Summit City was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Summit City was located: 530 & 837<4>

Communities Also Named Summit City ...

While we believe that this Summit City is located in Shasta County, we know of another 2 California communities named Summit City. Those communities are located in the following counties: Alpine and Nevada County.

Beyond California, there are 5 communities that are also named Summit City - they are located in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio.

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

Communities near Summit City ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Summit City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summit City 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 Summit City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Summit City post office opened in 1939.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Summit City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Shasta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Summit City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Summit City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Summit City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/