Welcome to Keating Summit ...

Keating Summit is located in Potter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Keating Summit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Keating Summit is 1,910 feet [582 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Keating Summit: 814 & 582<3>

Communities near Keating Summit ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Keating Summit.

Coudersport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coudersport is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coudersport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,388 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coudersport <4>
Port Allegany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Port Allegany is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Allegany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,991 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Allegany <4>
Emporium
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Emporium is located in Cameron County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,770 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emporium <4>
Smethport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smethport is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smethport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,518 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smethport <4>
Shinglehouse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shinglehouse is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shinglehouse <4>
Austin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <4>
Oswayo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oswayo is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswayo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
Gardeau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gardeau is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardeau
Roulette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roulette is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roulette
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roulette <4>
Inez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Keating Summit ...

Looking for more information about Keating Summit? 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 Keating Summit, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Keating Summit.

Adding Keating Summit to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Keating Summit 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 (so far) for Keating Summit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Keating Summit post office opened in 1901. The Keating Summit post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Keating Summit.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Potter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Keating Summit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Keating Summit area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Keating Summit area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/