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History · Summit Township

74% of Summit Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1904 on.

0on the National Register
74%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Summit Township’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 Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Summit Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19043 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1985. Watch Summit Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Summit Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Summit Township, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 217 to 197 (-9%).

On the map

Summit Township on the map, 1904 to 1985

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

Summit Township on the 1904 USGS mapSummit Township on the 1964 USGS mapSummit Township on the 1985 USGS map1904Wahpeton 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 Township.

Timeline

Summit Township, 1891 to 1958

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Tyler post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1958Post officeThe Tyler post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Tyler, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ElmoreTyler
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Summit Township
Saint John's LutheranSaint Josephs

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrandenburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDevillo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.