Summerville, PA

Summerville is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 504 residents. Summerville was named after Summers Baldwin, the first settler in the area. Summerville was formerly known as "Troy". Christ's Dominion Academy, a private Christian school, is located in the borough. The short version is that Summerville carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Summerville: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Pennsylvania Route 28 passes through the north side of the borough, leading northeast up the creek valley 7 miles to Brookville, the county seat, and southwest 12 miles to New Bethlehem.