BlockSummum, Illinois
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Woodland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61501. The Survey maps it on the Ipava quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1918 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Ipava quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Vermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
15,783 words on this townshipHistory of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Woodland Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Summum is a small village situated u])on section 4. It was laid out as a town about 1851, by James M. Onion. Long years prior to this, however, Peter "Summy " kept a postoflice here, and the same time attended to his farm duties. He Mas well known throughout this section. From this fact the nickname of Summum was applied to the town when platted. " Sumnmm " is a I>atin word and means summit, hence one would infer from the name that the town was situate<l upon an eminence. The meaning of the Latin word, however, evidently had no part in giving the place this name. Mr. " Summy's" successor was James Gasaway.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
Joel A. Barnes, trader and grain dealer, Summum; was born in Woodland township; his father, Aquila Barnes, was a native of Pa., and followed farming and blacksmithing; he removed to Harrison county, Indiana, where he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Onion, who bore him 10 children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the 6th child. He was born in 1844; in his 17th year he enlisted in Co. H, 85th 111. Inf., proceeding to the front he became a pirticipant in many noted battles. When the war closed he returned to his old home in Fulton county, where he has since lived, taking up his residence at Summum; here he practices the
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
John Blggfi, farmer, sec. 2 ; P. O., Summum ; the subject of this sketch is a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, where he was born ni the year 1814; his father, Wm. Briggs, was a native of Virginia; his parents crossed the ocean for the New World in an early day and settled in Virginia. Wm. came to Ohio as early as 1800; he was in the war of 1812 ; he was married to Miss Hester Markley. At the age of 27 he (John) moved into Knox county, Ohio, where he was united in marriage in 1842 to Mrs. Elizabeth Burr, by whom he had 2 children : Eliza and Mary E. Mrs. Biggs died in Knox county. Mr. B. served 5 months on the transport, Duke of Argyle ; in 1863 he settled in Woodland township. Mr. B. married his second wife, Mrs. Catherine Eleming, who bore him 3 children: Zachariah, Anna and John W.
Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Woodland Township - it names this place 20 more 20 times.
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summum in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summum | $50 | A large tree, two feet across and 35 feet long fell across Route 24. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaty | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Leesburg | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Howard | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Otto (historical) | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Marbletown | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Astoria | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Enion | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ipava | 6.3 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Summum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637933 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419359. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.