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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Summit (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Summit. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Summit is located in Schoharie County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schoharie County: Albany, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego & Schenectady.

Below are the counties that are near Summit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Summit:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Summit, see our County-by-County Page for Summit.

Cemeteries Near Summit ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summit.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Summit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.

  • New Summit Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Summit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Summit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Summit Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Summit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Summit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Snooks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snooks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lutheranville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheranville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheranville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rossman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rossman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rossman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richmondville Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmondville Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmondville Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Post Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Post Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Post Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fox Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Charlotteville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charlotteville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charlotteville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Methodist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Methodist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Eminence Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Eminence Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Eminence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (483 more) ...
    • New Eminence Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Eminence Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Eminence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fulton Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Holmes Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holmes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Summit had a population of 201 people in 1895 with no post office or railroad service. In 2020, Summit had a population of 1,081 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.

  • Beards Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Richmondville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Charlotteville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlotteville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteville
    • Charlotteville is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotteville <1>
  • Eminence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eminence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
    • Eminence is located in Schoharie County
  • West Richmondville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Richmondville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richmondville
    • West Richmondville is located in Schoharie County
  • East Worcester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Worcester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Worcester
    • East Worcester is located in Otsego County
  • Jefferson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • West Fulton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fulton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fulton
    • West Fulton is located in Schoharie County
  • Vintonton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vintonton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintonton
    • Vintonton is located in Schoharie County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Vintonton
    • From Summit to Vintonton
  • Warnerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hyndsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyndsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsville
    • Hyndsville is located in Schoharie County
  • South Jefferson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Summit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summit.

Newspapers Published in Summit ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summit.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Summit, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Summit.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Summit:

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

The official website for Schoharie County: www.schohariecounty-ny.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Summit) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Summit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5797, Longitude: -74.5879    
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>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.




 

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