Summit Hill in Carbon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Old Presbyterian Cemetery

Renaissance Historic Site-Panther Valley

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

1. Old Presbyterian Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Deeded to the Presbyterian Church in 1850 by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, this is the last resting-place for many of Panther Valley’s earliest settlers. Originally lined with individual tombstones, graves were enclosed with iron fences and a stone wall which remains intact. Community members rallied for the site’s improvement and rededicated it in 1974 as the “Summit Hill Community Memorial Park.”

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 40° 49.629′ N, 75° 52.332′ W. Marker is in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County. It is on North Chestnut Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Summit Hill PA 18250, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Pocono Mountains.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Philip Ginter (approx. 0.2 miles away); Soldiers Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Backtrack Trestle (approx. ¼ mile away); World War I Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Philip Ginder (approx. 0.3 miles away); No. 8 Colliery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (approx. 1.7 miles away); Five Mile Tree Crossover (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Summit Hill.

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Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

2. Old Presbyterian Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 711 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 7, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.