Summit Mills, Pennsylvania

Summit Mills is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Meyersdale.

Summit Mills, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Summit Mills
Coordinates: 39°48′32″N 79°04′32″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountySomerset
Elevation
2,024 ft (617 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
15552
Area code(s)814
GNIS feature ID1189048[1]

Postal history

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

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
  1. "Summit Mills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 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.
  3. United States Official Postal Guide. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon. January 1906. p. 498.
  4. "Post Offices Discontinued on Account of Rural Delivery". United States Official Postal Guide. Albany, New York: J. B. Lyon. July 1909. p. 715.
  5. Schneck, David A. "Settlement in Somerset County". The Mennonite Quarterly Review. 28–29: 290.
  6. 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 2020-07-13.


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