Year Erected: 1980

Marker Text: Summertown originated as Summerville in the 1850's as a summer refuge from malaria by well-to-do families of Burke County. They built elaborate summer homes and established historic Summerville Academy, chartered March 4, 1856. A post office was granted in 1876 with C.I. Hughes as postmaster. Present Summertown was incorporated in 1906.