Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
Summit Hill, Pennsylvania | |
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Hazard Street in Summit Hill, July 2013 | |
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| Motto: "Where it all began" | |
Location in Carbon County, Pennsylvania | |
Summit Hill Location in Pennsylvania Summit Hill Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 40°49′39″N 75°51′57″W / 40.82750°N 75.86583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Carbon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jeff Szczecina |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.10 sq mi (23.58 km2) |
| • Land | 8.69 sq mi (22.51 km2) |
| • Water | 0.41 sq mi (1.07 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,510 ft (460 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,034 |
• Estimate (2019) | 2,954 |
| • Density | 339.9/sq mi (131.23/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 18250 |
| Area codes | 570 and 272 |
| FIPS code | 42-75248 |
| Website | www |
Summit Hill is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Summit Hill had a population of 3,120.
Summit Hill was the western terminus of the United States' second operational railway, the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway. It was the site of some of the earliest coal mines developed in North America, where the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company began mining in 1792, establishing the town initially as little more than a mining camp with stables and paddocks.