Summerville, (commonly referred to locally as "The Hill"), is a large, affluent residential area and historic district located northwest of downtown Augusta, Georgia.

This caused a large transformation — from a small summer resort for local residents to a winter playground for wealthy industrialists and politicians from the northern United States.

Four years later, a fire swept through downtown Augusta, destroying much of the business district and neighborhoods along lower Broad Street.

Local attorney Wright McLeod cites public safety, taxation, and the inefficiency of the consolidated government as reasons from splitting from Augusta–Richmond County.

[3] On May 22, 1980, Summerville was added to the National Register of Historic Places, bounding from Highland Ave., Heard Ave., Wrightsboro Rd., Milledge Rd., and Cumming Rd.