Our Genealogy Helper
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 Hill (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 Hill. 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.
Name Variations for Summit Hill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Another variation: Summithill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Summit Hill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Summit Hill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Summit Hill is located in Carbon County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton & Schuylkill.
Below are the counties that are near Summit Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Summit Hill:
- Carbon County (The home county of Summit Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Nesquehoning
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lansford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jim Thorpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Hudsondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- New Mahoning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Mertz Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mertz Town is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town
- Lehighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Weatherly
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weissport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Beaver Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ashfield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Quaker City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Stony Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stony Run is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Grimville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grimville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimville
- Krumsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Krumsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumsville
- Lenhartsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ededburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ededburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ededburg
- Eagle Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Hamburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Monterey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Schofer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Schofer is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofer
- Kutztown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Windsor Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Windsor Castle is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Castle
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Berwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hetlerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Foundryville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Shumans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Briar Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Aristes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Aristes is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
- Centralia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mifflinville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lime Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Locustdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newlin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Mainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Slatedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Lochland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lochland is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochland
- Custer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Friedens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Friedens is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens
- Slatington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Newside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newside is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newside
- Rising Sun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Stines Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Rockdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Schnecksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schnecksville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnecksville
- Luzerne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eckley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Miners Village
- Jeddo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jeddo is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Ebervale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ebervale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebervale
- Hazleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Highlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Highlands is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Harleigh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- West Hazleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
- White Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Conyngham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sybertsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Kresgeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gilbert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brodheadsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rossland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rossland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland
- Long Pond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McMichael
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Locust Lakes Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Appenzell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Pocono Pines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reeders
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pocono Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pocono
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Northampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Berlinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Danielsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lockport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Walnutport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cherryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arndts
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arndts is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arndts
- Kreidersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kreidersville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville
- Northampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howertown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown
- Howertown has also been known as:
- Hauertown
- Howardtown
- Howartown
- Howeton
- Chapman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chapman is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- North Catasauqua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
- Weaversville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weaversville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Coaldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Andreas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hometown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Mantz
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mantz is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantz
- McAdoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kelayres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Tamaqua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lofty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Grier City - Park Crest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grier City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Tuscarora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscarora is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Delano
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Summit Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Summit Hill.
Cemeteries Near Summit Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summit Hill.
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 Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Summit Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mauch Chunk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauch Chunk Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mauch Chunk Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Jim Thorpe.
- The Mauch Chunk Cemetery has also been known as:
- Upper Mauch Chunk Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #942823 <2>
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- German Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gnaden Huetten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnaden Huetten Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gnaden Huetten Cemetery is located in Lehighton.
- The Gnaden Huetten Cemetery has also been known as:
- Huetten Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45156 <2>
- Lehighton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Packerton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jim Thorpe Tomb
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Weatherly.
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Weatherly Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1961621 <2>
- Continue List (245 more) ...
- Long Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
- The Dinkey Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashfield Cemetery
- Dinkey Memorial Lutheran Church Cemetery
- New Dinkey Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Summit Hill had a population of 1,228 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Summit Hill had a population of 2,975 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Summit Hill, with the one closest to Summit Hill listed first.
- Nesquehoning
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hauto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hauto is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauto
- Lansford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nesquehoning Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Mahoning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Mahoning is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning
- Hudsondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Jim Thorpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Black Creek Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Black Creek Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Junction
- Gerhards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gerhards is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerhards
- Coaldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Normal Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Normal Square is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal Square
- Lehighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Packerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Packerton is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packerton
- Weatherly
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weissport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Summit Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summit Hill.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Summit Hill ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Summit Hill.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Summit Hill. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Summit Hill and those printed in the larger area surrounding Summit Hill.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of Summit Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Summit Hill:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Carbon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Columbia County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Monroe County
- Northampton County
- Schuylkill County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |