Summit’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Summit. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSummit Township is one of fifteen townships in Effingham County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,760 and it contained 1,774 housing units.
Summit was established in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,584 to 3,760 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1990.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Summit yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Summit’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Summit’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFishermen at Summit, Ill's, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Summit, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fishermen at Summit, Ill's (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.