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History · Summit

Summit was first counted by the census in 1930, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1930.

1930first census
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Summit began

When was Summit founded?

1930

Summit first appears in the census in 1930.

First census: 122 in 19302020 census: 54496 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Summit’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Summit are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18934 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Summit change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Summit’s history is told.

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On the map

Summit on the map, 1893 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Summit. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Summit on the 1893 USGS mapSummit on the 1903 USGS mapSummit on the 1929 USGS mapSummit on the 1985 USGS map1893Yellville sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Summit.

The story so far

Summit, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Summit yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Summit is a city in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 544 at the 2020 census, down from 604 in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1930. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 604 to 544 (-10%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Summit, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Yellville-Summit School District Admin2023Yellville-Summit School District AdminSummit City Hall2023Summit City Hall
People over time

Summit, census by census

010020030040050060019401960198020002020Peak: 604

Between 122 and 604 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Summit’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Summit

Nobody well known was born in Summit itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Davis Tutt19th-century American Old West gambler · b. 1836
Carolyn D. WrightAmerican poet · b. 1949
Charles L. GillilandUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1933
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Jesse Smith HenleyUnited States federal judge · b. 1917
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Roy HogsedAmerican musician · b. 1919
Tava SmileyAmerican actress · b. 1971
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Yellville7 historic placesA−

Questions about Summit’s history

What year was Summit founded?

The Summit post office opened in 1930, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.