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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Summitville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Summitville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Summitville, 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 Summitville (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 Summitville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Summitville is historic, it would have been located within present day Miami 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 Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Summitville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Summitville:
- Miami County (The home county of Summitville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Polo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Polo is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo
- Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- Piqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bloomer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Ludlow Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Kessler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Casstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Minster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Knoxville is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Fryburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fryburg is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryburg
- Saint Marys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Moulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Moulton is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
- Pusheta Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pusheta Town is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pusheta Town
- Santa Fe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Wapakoneta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Johns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Johns is located in Auglaize County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Christiansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Saint Paris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Millerstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Dodo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- North Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Crystal Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- Donnelsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lawrenceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Tremont City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eagle City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Green Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Versailles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gettysburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Frenchtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Stelvideo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Poplar Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Dawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Brock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brock is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
- Yorkshire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pitsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Abbottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- Fairborn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Quincy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Chickasaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burkettsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Henry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Wendelin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Coldwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Celina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Recovery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Phillipsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vandalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Wengerlawn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Brookville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Northview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Airhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Airhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airhill
- Huber Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Verona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- West Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Lockington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Fort Laramie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sidney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Filburns Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Pasco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Port Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kettlersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Randolph County (IN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Spartanburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
- Arba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Wayne County (IN)
- Whitewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Summitville, see our County-by-County Page for Summitville.
Cemeteries Near Summitville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summitville.
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 Summitville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Summitville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Miami Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Covington.
- The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Covington Cemetery
- Ingle Family Burying Ground
- Old Township Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41403 <3>
- Priest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Johnston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deeter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- McKinney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bloomer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenville Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (524 more) ...
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Razer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Summitville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Summitville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Summitville, with the one closest to Summitville listed first.
- Covington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Piqua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bloomer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bloomer is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bradford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Lockington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Farrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Dawson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Russia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eldean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kirkwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkwood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Red River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red River is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Oran
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oran is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Summitville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summitville.
Newspapers Published in Summitville ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summitville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Summitville, 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 Summitville.
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 websites either 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 Summitville:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Randolph 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 Summitville, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Summitville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |