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History · Summit

29% of Summit’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1956 on.

0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Summit’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, 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 town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 666 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 646 to 666 (+3%).

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

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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On the map

Summit on the map, 1956 to 1975

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 1956 USGS mapSummit on the 1975 USGS map1956Reedsburg sheet · 1:62,500

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Barney SchoolschoolDarrow SchoolschoolPotter SchoolschoolRed Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Summit
BarneyPotterRaeseSaint Peters

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.

Seven Mile Creek1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWonewocIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLa ValleIts storyCLindinaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWoodlandIts 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.