Place:Sumter, Alabama, United States

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Place Information
Name
Sumter
Alternate names
Sumter     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
32.467°N 88.2°W
Located in
Alabama, United States     (1832 - )
See also
Choctaw, Alabama, United States     (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Contained Places

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Deserted settlement
Horns Bridge
Penola
Prospect
Sydenham
Inhabited place
Bellamy
Belmont
Bluffport
Boyd
Brasfield Landing
Brewersville
Brownstown
Coatopa
Cuba
Deans Landing
Derby
Dove
Emelle
Epes
Fair Oaks
Gainesville
Gaston
Geiger
Hall Creek
Hamner
Hixon
Intercourse
Kinterbish
Lilita
Livingston
Lukes Landing
McCainville
McDowell
Millville
Moore Town
Old Bluffport
Panola
Parker
Payneville
Persimmon Grove
Scratch Hill
Siloam
Sledge
Standard
Sumterville
Tutt Spring
Ward
Warsaw
Whitfield
Williams
Woodford
York
Zion Hill
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source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Sumter County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General Thomas Sumter, of South Carolina. As of 2000 the population was 14,798. Its county seat is Livingston.

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History

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Sumter County was established on December 18, 1832.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1825 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1828 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1832 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1833 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1876 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1888 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 29,937
1850 22,250
1860 24,035
1870 24,109
1880 28,728
1890 29,574
1900 32,710
1910 28,699
1920 25,569
1930 26,929
1940 27,321
1950 23,610
1960 20,041
1970 16,974
1980 16,908
1990 16,174

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