Editing Sumter County, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|493|sqmi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|483|sqmi|abbr=on}} are land and {{convert|10|sqmi|abbr=on}} (2.0%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

[[Muckalee Creek]] flows through Sumter County, which also contains [[Lake Blackshear]] and [[Kinchafoonee Creek]].

The western two-thirds of Sumter County, from northeast of Americus to southwest of [[Leslie, Georgia|Leslie]], is located in the [[Kinchafoonee Creek|Kinchafoonee]]-[[Muckalee Creek|Muckalee]] subbasin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern third of the county is located in the Middle [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] subbasin of the same ACF River Basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 19.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 19 in Georgia|U.S. Route 19]]
* [[File:US 280.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 280 in Georgia|U.S. Route 280]]
* [[File:Georgia 3.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 3|State Route 3]]
* [[File:Georgia 27.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 27|State Route 27]]
* [[File:Georgia 30.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 30|State Route 30]]
* [[File:Georgia 45.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 45|State Route 45]]
* [[File:Georgia 49.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 49|State Route 49]]
* [[File:Georgia 118.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 118|State Route 118]]
* [[File:Georgia 153.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 153|State Route 153]]
* [[File:Georgia 195.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 195|State Route 195]]
* [[File:Georgia 228.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 228|State Route 228]]
* [[File:Georgia 271.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 271|State Route 271]]
* [[File:Georgia 308.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 308|State Route 308]]
* [[File:Georgia 377.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 377|State Route 377]]
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===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Macon County, Georgia|Macon County]] (northeast)
* [[Dooly County, Georgia|Dooly County]] (east)
* [[Crisp County, Georgia|Crisp County]] (southeast)
* [[Lee County, Georgia|Lee County]] (south)
* [[Terrell County, Georgia|Terrell County]] (southwest)
* [[Webster County, Georgia|Webster County]] (west)
* [[Marion County, Georgia|Marion County]] (northwest)
* [[Schley County, Georgia|Schley County]] (north)
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===National protected areas===
* [[Andersonville National Historic Site]] (part)
* [[Jimmy Carter National Historical Park]]