Summitville, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46070. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria quadrangle. 989 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
On record in Summitville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Joseph & Lucinda Thawley Houselisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresSummitville grew from 967 to 989 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 967 | |
| 2020 | 989 | +22 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
5,085 words on this townshipHistory of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874 names this settlement in its chapter on Van Buren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Summitville, is in this township, a separate account of which will be given in another place. The general surface of the township is level. It is comparatively new but is improving rapidly, and will soon compare favorably with other townships. The proposed railroad from the lakes to Anderson will pass through this township, and will give them a much needed market. Mud Creek passes through, the eastern part and near Summitville.
Passage source: History of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summitville in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Summitville | $115,000 | NWS Survey confirmed an EF0 skipping tornado tracked 0.57 miles through the town of Summitville. The initial touchdown was west of the waste water treatment plant in a grove of trees. At the plant, a poorly secured roof was partially lifted and pieces strewn downwind in a convergent pattern. A 2x4 was planted into the ground from the southeast which was opposite of the general damage direction. The tornado then skipped through town causing tree and roof damage before causing more significant damage along Mill Street. There, several large tree limbs damaged a car and home with insulation splattered across 3 of the 4 sides of the home. Small amounts of mud splatter was also noted through town. Damage then briefly lessened near the school before 2 large and unhealthy oak trees were snapped. The tornado lifted afterwards with no additional damage. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $20,000 | A partial collapse of a pole barn occurred due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Trees were downed as well. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $10,000 | Nine power poles knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts with some broken at ground level along County Road 1550 North just west of State Route 9. Power lines down as well. Wind damage to a wheat field just south along County Road 1450 North. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $5,000 | Several trees and some power poles down by thunderstorm wind gusts across mainly northern Madison County. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $1,500 | A large tree was downed with power lines at County Road 1700 North and State Road 9 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Summitville | - | Report from mping. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Summitville | - | Relayed via mPing. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Summitville | - | A pulse severe thunderstorm briefly produced nickel size hail near Summitville. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | - | Tree limbs and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Gimco City | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Orestes | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dundee | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gilman | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Linwood | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Moonville | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Leisure | 10.7 miles | 11 |
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 Summitville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2406289 | 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 444402. 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.



