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Introduction ...
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.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Summit is historic, it would have been located within present day Stark County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stark County: Carroll, Columbiana, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Tuscarawas & Wayne.
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:
- Stark County (The home county of Summit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- East Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- North Lawrence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Brookfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Mayflower Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
- Rolling Hills Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forty Corners Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westarado
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Westarado is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westarado
- Massillon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Canal Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brewster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Justus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Justus is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justus
- Navarre Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Navarre Village is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Village
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Rowsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Redhaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Jeromesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Malvern
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Atwood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood Village
- Pekin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pekin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Valleyview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Valleyview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Dellroy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Harrisburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harrisburg
- Queensboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queensboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensboro
- Sherrodsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hibbetts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hibbetts is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbetts
- Leavittsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leavittsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavittsville
- Coshocton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- New Bedford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chili
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chili is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Layland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Layland is located in Coshocton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Mount Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Holmesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Charm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- Millersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Killbuck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Glenmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Wadsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Acme
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Acme is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Seville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- River Styx is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Styx
- Sharon Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gloria Glens Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gloria Glens Park is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Glens Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Poe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poe is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Westfield Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westfield Center is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,188 people
- Briarwood Beach ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Briarwood Beach is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
- Chippewa Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chippewa Lake is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Former name for Chippewa Lake:
- Chippewa-on-the-Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chippewa Lake <2>
- Friendsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friendsville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendsville
- Windfall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Windfall is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall
- Youngs Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Youngs Corners is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Corners
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Mishler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mishler is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishler
- Suffield Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Suffield Station is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Station
- Brimfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rootstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Clinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Comet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Comet is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- New Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Franklin is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,101 people
- Greensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greensburg is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barberton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Norton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Portage Lakes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
- Myersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Myersville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
- East Akron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Akron is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Akron
- Lakemore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemore is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Thomastown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Akron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Bolivar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Strasburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barrs Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Zoar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parral
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Shanesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- Sugarcreek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Heritage Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Mineral City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Dover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somerdale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerdale
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- Dalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Burton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- Marshallville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Eaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Union is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union
- Apple Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Doylestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Smithville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Weilersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Weilersville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weilersville
- Rittman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boys Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Fredericksburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Summit - one of the links might be able to help.
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.
- East Greenville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- County Line Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Sixteen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kurtz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stanwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newman Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill Cemetery
- The Clover Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
- Arnold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Barbaras Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (666 more) ...
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Newman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.
Summit itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Summit, with the one closest to Summit listed first.
- East Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Greenville is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenville
- Sippo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sippo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sippo
- North Lawrence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Brookfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Newman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newman is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Burton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burton City is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton City
- West Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Elton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Pigeon Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
- Pauls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pauls is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
- McQuaid ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McQuaid is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQuaid
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Massillon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Canal Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 57 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 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. 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 first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Stark County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Carroll County
- Coshocton County
- Holmes County
- Medina County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Tuscarawas County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |