Do you know of Summerville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Summerville. 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 Summerville.

Our sources for Summerville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Summerville other than they indicate that Summerville would be found somewhere in Harnett County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1908.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Summerville ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Summerville.

Within North Carolina, the name Summerville is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 27 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Mobile County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Summerville [Mobile County].
  • Arkansas
    • Calhoun County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Summerville [Calhoun County].
  • California
    • Siskiyou County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Summerville [Siskiyou County].
    • Tehama County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Summerville [Tehama County].
  • Colorado
    • Boulder County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Summerville [Boulder County].
  • Florida
    • Duval County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Summerville [Duval County].
  • Georgia
    • Chattooga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Summerville [Chattooga County].
    • Gwinnett County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Summerville [Gwinnett County].
    • Richmond County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Summerville [Richmond County].
  • Illinois
    • Macoupin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Summerville [Macoupin County].
  • Kansas
    • Leavenworth County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Summerville [Leavenworth County].
  • Louisiana
    • Catahoula Parish
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Summerville [Catahoula Parish].
    • La Salle Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Summerville [La Salle Parish].
  • Maryland
    • Calvert County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Summerville [Calvert County].
  • Michigan
    • Cass County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Summerville [Cass County].
    • Montcalm County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Summerville [Montcalm County].
  • Mississippi
    • Noxubee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Summerville [Noxubee County].
  • Missouri
    • Boone County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Summerville [Boone County].
  • New Brunswick
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Summerville.
  • New York
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Summerville [Monroe County].
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Summerville.
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Summerville.
  • Ontario
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Summerville.
  • Oregon
    • Union County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Summerville [Union County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Summerville [Jefferson County].
    • Susquehanna County
    • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Summerville [Susquehanna County].
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Summerville.
  • South Carolina
    • Dorchester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Summerville [Dorchester County].
    • Richland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Summerville [Richland County].
  • South Dakota
    • Perkins County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Summerville [Perkins County].
  • Texas
    • Gonzales County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Summerville [Gonzales County].
  • Vermont
    • Caledonia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Summerville [Caledonia County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Summerville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Summerville was listed as Summerville Courthouse.

More Orphans in  Harnett County ...

Can you help?

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 Harnett County.