Summerford is an

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in Somerford Township, Madison County,

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, United States. It is located at the intersection of

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and State Route 56. It was named Summerford by settlers moving west that stopped there because the creek was up. They set up a settlement while waiting for the creek to drop to a safe lever and the forded the creek in the summer. Make a ''summer ford'' of the creek.

History

Summerford was laid out by Joseph Christian in 1833–1834, and was originally known as Somerford.J. A. Caldwell,
Caldwell's Atlas of Madison County, Ohio
', Condit, Ohio, 1875, Pg. 10. The Summerford Post Office was established on June 6, 1837. As of 1875, the community contained two churches, a drug store, two grocery stores, one hotel, and two

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shops, and the population was about 20. The post office was discontinued on December 15, 1905. The mail service is now sent through the

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branch.

References

Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{MadisonCountyOH-geo-stub