Welcome to Summerfield ...

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

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

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Summerfield would have been located within present day Baltimore County<2>.

The location of Summerfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Summerfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Summerfield is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Summerfield was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Summerfield still existed, it would have been in the (410) area code.

Websites for Summerfield ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.baltcountycc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Summerfield, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Summerfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Maryland communities named Summerfield: This one is located in Baltimore County and the other is located in Anne Arundel County.

Beyond Maryland, there are 30 communities that are also named Summerfield - they are located in Alabama (2), Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Louisiana (3), Michigan, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oklahoma, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas (4), Utah (2) and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Summerfield ...

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

• Baltimore
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
  • Baltimore is located in Baltimore City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 586,131 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <5>
• Aberdeen
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aberdeen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen is located in Harford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,964 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <5>
• Bel Air
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
  • Bel Air is located in Harford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
  • Former names for Bel Air:
  • Belle Air
  • Belle Aire
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <5>
• Baldwin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
  • Baldwin is located in Baltimore County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin <5>
• Dulaney Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dulaney Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dulaney Village
  • Dulaney Village is located in Baltimore County
• Fork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork
  • Fork is located in Baltimore County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fork <5>
• Hampton Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village
  • Hampton Village is located in Baltimore County
• Loch Raven Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Raven Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Raven Village
  • Loch Raven Village is located in Baltimore County
• Lutherville - Timonium
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutherville - Timonium
  • Lutherville - Timonium is located in Baltimore County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutherville - Timonium <5>
• Overlea
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overlea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlea
  • Overlea is located in Baltimore 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 Summerfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Summerfield.

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

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

Adding Summerfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summerfield in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Summerfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Summerfield post office opened in 1885.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Summerfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Baltimore County: www.co.ba.md.us/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/