Welcome to Summer Hill (aka 'Plato') ...

Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Summer Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

Summer Hill is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Summer Hill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Summer Hill is located in the (315) area code.

The community of Summer Hill has also been called Plato.

Websites for Summer Hill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cayugacountychamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Summer Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Summer Hill - they are located in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Brunswick, Pennsylvania (2) and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Summer Hill ...

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

• Ithaca
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <3>
• Cortland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
  • Cortland is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,455 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <3>
• Lansing
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Lansing is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <3>
• Cayuga Heights
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
  • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
• Homer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <3>
• Groton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Groton is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <3>
• Dryden
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
  • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <3>
• Trumansburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumansburg
  • Trumansburg is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trumansburg <3>
• Moravia
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Moravia is located in Cayuga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moravia <3>
• McGraw
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGraw have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGraw
  • McGraw is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McGraw <3>

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 Summer Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Summer Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Summer Hill ...

Looking for more information about Summer Hill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Summer Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Summer Hill.

Adding Summer Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summer Hill in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Summer Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Summer Hill post office opened in 1826.

We also found Summer Hill in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Summer Hill.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Summer Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cayuga County: www.co.cayuga.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/