마을 앞에 큰 못이 있었는데 토질이 못 아래쪽보다 못 위쪽이 낫다고 승지, 또는 승지동이란 이름이 붙었다고 한다.
There was a large pond in front of the village, but it is said that the soil was named Seungji or Seungji-dong because the soil was better at the top of the pond than at the bottom.