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History · Summerfield

Summerfield dates to 1907

Below: maps from 1966 on.

1907founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Summerfield began

When was Summerfield founded?

1907

Summerfield dates its founding to 1907 (Wikipedia’s history).

2020 census: 34119 years
Founding year: Wikipedia.

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Summerfield, in brief

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Summerfield is an unincorporated community in northwestern Castro County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 60 northwest of the city of Dimmitt, the county seat of Castro County. Its elevation is 3,937 feet (1,200 m). Although Summerfield is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 79085. Summerfield was founded as Boom in the late 1890s; it was renamed for surveyor John Summerfield in 1907 because there was another Texas community named Boom. The community was built along the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway, near Castro Creek and the Deaf Smith and Parmer county lines. As of 2020, it has a population of less than 100.

Summerfield was established in 1907.

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

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On the map

Summerfield on the map, 1966 to 1985

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

Summerfield on the 1966 USGS mapSummerfield on the 1985 USGS map1966Summerfield sheet · 1:24,000

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

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What year was Summerfield founded?

In 1907, according to Wikipedia’s history of the 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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.