Summum, Illinois | |
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 View down Sand Branch Road in Summum. | |
  Summum  Summum | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′04″N 90°16′42″W / 40.26778°N 90.27833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Fulton |
| Elevation | 623 ft (190 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 309 |
| GNIS feature ID | 419359[1] |
Summum is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. Summum is located adjacent to U.S. Highway 24 northeast of Astoria, in Woodland Township.
Summum gives its name to the Summum cyclothem and the associated "Summum coal" formation, which extends over much of western Illinois but is typically only a few inches thick.[2][3]
One place the Summum coal reached a minable thickness was just north of Summum itself, where a strip mine was operated in the mid-20th century, from 1948 to 1955 by Key Coal Company and for some time thereafter by Peabody Coal Company.[4] The strip mine was later converted into a small lake.[5]
Notable people from Summum include country musician and comedian Smiley Burnette, who was born there in 1911.[6]
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Summum, Illinois
- ^ Pennsylvanian Correlations in the Eastern Interior and Appalachian Coal Fields. 1938. ISBN 978-0813720173.
- ^ Edward Charles Dapples, ed. (1969). Environments of Coal Deposition. p. 172. ISBN 978-0813721149.
- ^ "Directory of Coal Mines in Illinois" (PDF). Illinois State Geological Survey. 2017. p. 11. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ^ Phil Luciano (November 9, 2013). "Luciano: 60 years later, mystery still surrounds disappearance of Fay Rawley". Peoria Journal-Star.
- ^ Allan R. Ellenberger (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. p. 82. ISBN 978-0786450190.