Official Name: | Summerfield, Alabama |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Summerfield |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alabama |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Dallas |
Elevation Ft: | 322 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 32.5206°N -87.0417°W |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 334 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 160692 |
Summerfield, also known as Valley Creek, is an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama.[1] Summerfield has one historic district included on the National Register of Historic Places, the Summerfield District. Most of the community was annexed into Valley Grande following its incorporation as a city in 2003.[2] Summerfield was the home of the Centenary Institute, a school operated by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from 1829 until the 1880s.
Summerfield was listed as an incorporated community in the 1890 U.S. Census with a population of 383, making it the second largest community in Dallas County after Selma. It was not listed on any subsequent censuses.