Welcome to Summit ...
So far, we found very little information about Summit. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Summit to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Summit, please Contact Us.
Summit would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.
The location of Summit has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Summit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.
When the people of Summit referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Summitite<4>
While the community is gone, the present day location for Summit is 5,630 feet [1,716 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Summit is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Summit was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Summit would have been located in the (775) area code.
Communities Also Named Summit ...
While we believe that this Summit is located in Elko County, we know of another 3 Nevada communities named Summit. Those communities are located in the following counties: Douglas, Esmeralda and Eureka County.
Beyond Nevada, there are 170 communities that are also named Summit - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas (5), California (8), Colorado (2), Connecticut (2), Florida, Georgia (5), Idaho, Illinois (3), Indiana (7), Iowa (4), Kansas (5), Kentucky (5), Louisiana, Maine (3), Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (10), Minnesota (3), Mississippi, Missouri (3), Montana (2), Nebraska (2), New Brunswick (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York (5), North Carolina (4), Ohio (11), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (16), Quebec (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (4), Texas (3), Utah, Vermont (6), Virginia (5), Washington (4), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (5) and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Summit.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Summit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Summit.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Summit. 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 Summit.
Adding Summit to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Summit 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 Summit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Summit post office opened in 1908.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Summit.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Elko, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Summit refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Summit may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <5> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Summit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |