Summit Township
Summit Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,141 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.- Type: Locality with 2,150 residents
- Description: township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania” and “Township of Summit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salisbury Viaduct and Green Mountain Wind Energy Center.
Salisbury Viaduct
Bridge
The Salisbury Viaduct is a bridge in Somerset County, Pennsylvania near Meyersdale that spans the Casselman River valley. Built in 1912 by the Western Maryland Railway for its Connellsville Extension, it was built to accommodate two tracks, but only one was ever installed.
Green Mountain Wind Energy Center
Power station
The Green Mountain Wind Energy Center was a wind power plant near Garrett, Somerset County, Pennsylvania with eight Nordex 1.3 MW turbines that began commercial operation in May 2000.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meyersdale.
Meyersdale
Village
Meyersdale is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated on the Casselman River, 73 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Meyersdale is situated 2½ miles southeast of Summit Township.
Summit Township
- Category: township of Pennsylvania
- Location: Somerset, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.8343° or 39° 50′ 4″ north
Longitude
-79.061° or 79° 3′ 40″ west
Population
2,150
Elevation
2,277 feet (694 metres)
Open location code
87F2RWMQ+PJ
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Vietnamese—“Summit Township” goes by many names.
- French: “canton de Summit”
- French: “Canton de Summit”
- German: “Summit Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Summit (condado de Somerset, Pensilvania)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Summit”
- Turkish: “Summit Township”
- Ukrainian: “Самміт Тауншип”
- Urdu: “سمٹ ٹاؤن شپ، سومرسیٹ کاؤٹی، پنسلوانیا”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Summit, Quận Somerset, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Summit”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Salisbury Junction and Summit Mills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bigby Run Lake and Bigby Run Dam.
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