Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Summit City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Summit City in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Summit City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Summit City data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Summit City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Summit City is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Summit City. See our Misc Page for Summit City for more information.