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Summit

Ghost town · Lee County, Iowa

Fort Madison quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500)
Fort Madison quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Summit is a ghost town in Lee County, Iowa. It is one of 8 former communities in Lee County on the federal names register. No county in Iowa has more among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Summit as a historical populated place on the Fort Madison topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.6653° N, 91.3352° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFort Madison
Elevation709 ft
Nearest living townFort Madison, IA
Distance to it3.2 miles
GNIS feature ID464342
Coordinates40.66532, -91.33515

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What's there now

Summit is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fort Madison, IA (population 10,221), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 709 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Summit?

Summit is in Lee County, Iowa, at 40.6653, -91.3352.

How many ghost towns are in Lee County?

Lee County, Iowa has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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