Do you know of Alton Summit ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alton Summit. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Alton Summit.

We found mention of Alton Summit as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Madison County, Illinois.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alton Summit ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alton Summit:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alton Summit - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Madison County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Madison County.