Summit Mills, Pennsylvania
Summit Mills, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Summit Mills | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′32″N 79°04′32″W / 39.80889°N 79.07556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Somerset |
| Elevation | 2,024 ft (617 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 15552 |
| Area code | 814 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1189048[1] |
Summit Mills is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Meyersdale.
Postal history[edit]
The first postmaster in Summit Mills was Ephraim Miller, appointed November 24, 1852.[2] Summit Mills had a post office through at least 1906,[3] but was served by the post office in Meyersdale by 1909.[4]
Religious history[edit]
Early settlers of Summit Mills, including the Yoder and Hostetler families, were Amish.[5] A congregation of Church of the Brethren was organized in Summit Mills in the fall of 1883 and a church was built in 1884.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Summit Mills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Cushing, Marshall Henry (1892). "The Oldest Postmaster". The Story of Our Post Office: The Greatest Government Department in All Its Phases. Boston: A. M. Thayer & Company. p. 458.
- ^ United States Official Postal Guide. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon. January 1906. p. 498.
- ^ "Post Offices Discontinued on Account of Rural Delivery". United States Official Postal Guide. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon. July 1909. p. 715.
- ^ Schneck, David A. "Settlement in Somerset County". The Mennonite Quarterly Review. 28–29: 290.
- ^ Holsinger, Henry R. (1901). "Brethren Church - Congregational". Holsinger's History of the Tunkers and the Brethren Church. Oakland, California: Pacific Press. pp. 633–634. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
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