Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
Summit itself is historic and described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Los Berros
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Los Berros is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Berros
- Nipomo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arroyo Grande
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Guadalupe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verde
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Verde is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verde
- Huasna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huasna is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huasna
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reeds is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Santa Maria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edna is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Musick ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Musick is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Miles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Miles is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Garey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garey is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garey
- San Luis Obispo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pozo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pozo is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pozo
- Santa Margarita
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sisquoc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sisquoc is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisquoc
- Los Alamos
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- La Panza ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Panza is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Panza
- Dove ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dove is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
- Lompoc
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,253 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lompoc <2>
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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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