Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Joseph & Lucinda Thawley House. Below: old-book passages.
The Summitville post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name.
Summitville was named for its relatively lofty elevation.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Summitville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Summitville.
Summitville was laid out in 1867. It was named for its relatively lofty elevation.
The Joseph & Lucinda Thawley House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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Passages that mention Summitville, cut from the printed page as they were published.
LEv.qs F. MoBLEY, M. D. For twelve years in the successful practice of his profession at Summitville, Dr. Mohley is one of the able doctors in the northern part of Madison county, and has built up a splendid practice both in and about the town of Summitville.
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steps of his father as an auctioneer, and his services' are constantly in demand. He has a splendid farm in Van Buren township, containing excellent improvements, and for some years has been a member of the firm of Dean & Tomlison, of Summitville, dealers in all the best makes of buggies, wagons, plows and harness. In 1913 the firm erected .one of the best business houses in Summitville for the display of their goods, containing light work rooms and offices, and the building is the pride of the town of Summitville. ^Ir. Dean is an affable, genial, cordial
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Summitville is nineteen miles north of Anderson, on the road to Marion, in Grant county, and is a new town of some importance.
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Summitville, is in this township, a separate account of which will be given in another place. The general surface of the township is level. It is comparatively new but is improving rapidly, and will soon compare favorably with other townships. The proposed railroad from the lakes to Anderson will pass through this township, and will give them a much needed market. Mud Creek passes through, the eastern part and near Summitville.
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The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The Summitville post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Joseph & Lucinda Thawley House (listed 2009).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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