Editing Sumter County, Alabama

{{short description|County in Alabama, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Sumter County
 | state                = Alabama
 | seal                 = Seal of Sumter County, Alabama.png
 | founded year         = 1832<ref name=aces/>
 | founded date         = December 18
 | seat wl              = Livingston
 | largest city wl      = Livingston
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 913
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 904
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 9.4
 | area percentage      = 1.0
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 12345
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 11727 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = http://sumtercountyal.com/
 | ex image             = SumterCountyAlabamaCourthouseLivingstonAlabama.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Sumter County Courthouse in Livingston
 | district             = 7th
 | named for            = [[Thomas Sumter]]
 | footnotes            = 
*County Number '''60''' on Alabama Licence Plates
}}

'''Sumter County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the west central portion of [[Alabama]].<ref name="aces">"ACES Winston County Office" (links/history), [[Alabama Cooperative Extension System]] (ACES), 2007, webpage: [http://www.aces.edu/counties/Sumter/ ACES-Sumter].</ref> At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 12,345.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sumtercountyalabama/PST045222|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Livingston, Alabama|Livingston]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Its name is in honor of General [[Thomas Sumter]] of [[South Carolina]].<ref name=aces/> The [[University of West Alabama]] is in Livingston.

==History==
Sumter County was established on December 18, 1832. From 1797 to 1832, Sumter County was part of the [[Choctaw]] Nation, which was made up of four main villages.<ref name=aces/> The first settlers in Sumter County were French explorers who had come north from [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]. They built and settled at [[Fort Tombecbe]]e, near the modern-day town of [[Epes, Alabama|Epes]]. In 1830, with the [[Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek]], the Choctaw Indians ceded the land that is now Sumter County to the government.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|913|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|904|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|9.4|sqmi}} (1.0%) is covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is intersected by the [[Noxubee River]].<ref>{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Sumter|display=Sumter, the name of four counties in the United States. IV. A W. county of Alabama}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-20 (AL).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 20 (Alabama)|Interstate 20]]
* [[Image:I-59 (AL).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 59 (Alabama)|Interstate 59]]
* [[Image:US 11.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 11 in Alabama|U.S. Route 11]]
* [[Image:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80 (Alabama)|U.S. Route 80]]
* [[Image:Alabama 17.svg|20px]] [[State Route 17 (Alabama)|State Route 17]]
* [[Image:Alabama 28.svg|20px]] [[State Route 28 (Alabama)|State Route 28]]
* [[Image:Alabama 39.svg|20px]] [[State Route 39 (Alabama)|State Route 39]]
* [[Image:Alabama 116.svg|20px]] [[State Route 116 (Alabama)|State Route 116]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Pickens County, Alabama|Pickens County]] (north)
* [[Greene County, Alabama|Greene County]] (northeast)
* [[Marengo County, Alabama|Marengo County]] (southeast)
* [[Choctaw County, Alabama|Choctaw County]] (south)
* [[Lauderdale County, Mississippi]] (southwest)
* [[Kemper County, Mississippi]] (west)
* [[Noxubee County, Mississippi]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 29937
|1850= 22250
|1860= 24035
|1870= 24109
|1880= 28728
|1890= 29574
|1900= 32710
|1910= 28699
|1920= 25569
|1930= 26929
|1940= 27321
|1950= 23610
|1960= 20041
|1970= 16974
|1980= 16908
|1990= 16174
|2000= 14798
|2010= 13763
|2020= 12345
|estyear=2023
|estimate=11727
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/al190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 24, 1995|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Sumter County, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Sumter County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=050XX00US01119&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sumter County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01119&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sumter County, Alabama|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US01119&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|3,813
|3,304
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,937
|25.77%
|24.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.79%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|10,718
|10,283
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,955
|72.43%
|74.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |72.54%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|14
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|0.09%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|15
|33
|style='background: #ffffe6; |102
|0.10%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.83%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.01%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.01%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|70
|45
|style='background: #ffffe6; |182
|0.47%
|0.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.47%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|165
|86
|style='background: #ffffe6; |131
|1.12%
|0.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.06%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''14,798'''
|'''13,763'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''12,345'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 12,345 people, 5,202 households, and 2,764 families residing in the county.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, 13,763 people resided in the county. About 75.0% were [[African American|Black or African American]], 24.2% [[White American|White]], 0.2% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.2% of some other race, and 0.3% [[Multiracial American|of two or more races]]; 0.6% were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race).

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000,<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> 14,798 people, 5,708 households and 3,664 families resided there. The [[population density]] was {{convert|16|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. The 6,953 housing units averaged {{convert|8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial make-up]] was 25.92% White, 73.17% Black or African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races and 0.52% from two or more races. Nearly 1.12% of the population was Hispanic or Latino.

Of the 5,708 households, 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.70% were married couples living together, 23.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.80% were not families. About 31.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55, and the average family size was 3.26.

29.10% of the population were under the age of 18, 12.20% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.20 males.

The [[median household income]] was $18,911 and the median family income was $23,176. Males had a median income of $28,059 and females $17,574. The [[per capita income]] was $11,491. About 32.90% of families and 38.70% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 47.40% of those under age 18 and 36.10% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
Sumter County is part of the so-called [[Black Belt (region of Alabama)|Black Belt]] region of central Alabama. The region has suffered significant economic depression in recent years, but in April 2008, [[United States Steel]] announced plans to build at $150 million alloy plant near the community of [[Epes, Alabama|Epes]] about {{convert|50|mi|km}} southwest of [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]].

The plant would require 250 workers to construct in a town of only 206. Up to 235 full-time jobs would be created when completed, with jobs paying about $50,000 annually. The state of Alabama offered $28 million in incentives to get the plant located in Sumter County.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Johnson |first=Bob |title=U.S. Steel announces plant for Alabama's Black Belt region  |newspaper=Press-Register |location=Mobile|pages=6B |date=April 19, 2008 }}</ref> The plant would make use of a new technology that produces a carbon alloy for use in steel making at the U.S. Steel plant in [[Fairfield, Alabama]] near [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]].<ref name=BHAM>{{cite web |last=Kent |first=Dawn |title=U.S. Steel to invest in Alabama Black Belt with first-of-its-kind coke alternative plant |work=The Birmingham News |url=http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1208592940164040.xml&coll=2 |access-date=April 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423002718/http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1208592940164040.xml&coll=2 |archive-date=April 23, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 
At the time of the announcement, the unemployment rate in Sumter County was 6.1%.<ref name="BHAM" />

In November 2008, U.S. Steel spokesman D. John Armstrong announced that plans to build the Epes facility had been placed on hold.  “We’ve adjusted the timing of it, and we don’t know what the new timeline will be,” he said. “We’ve delayed construction, but we have not cancelled it.“<ref name='Tuscaloosa-US-Steel'>{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Jason |date=December 15, 2008 |title=Plant delay has some losing hope |url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/DA/20081215/News/606127902/TL |work=Tuscaloosa News |location=Tuscaloosa, Alabama |access-date=August 5, 2020 }}</ref>

To date, the Epes facility has not been built.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

From 2009 to 2013, the county had a [[median household income]] of $22,186 compared to a state figure of $45,253, making it the poorest county in the state.<ref name="Poorest247 Frohlich">{{cite web|last1=Frohlich|first1=Thomas C.|title=The Poorest County in Each State|url=http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/01/07/the-poorest-county-in-each-state/2/|website=247wallst.com|publisher=24/7 Wall St., LLC|access-date=August 31, 2017|date=January 7, 2015}}</ref> By 2015, Sumter County remained the poorest county in Alabama, with a median household income of $19,501 in comparison to the state median household income of $43,623.<ref name="Poorest247 Stebbins et al">{{cite web|last1=Stebbins|first1=Samuel|last2=Frohlich|first2=Thomas C.|last3=Sauter|first3=Michael B.|title=The Poorest County in Every State|url=http://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/01/05/the-poorest-county-in-every-state/2/|website=247wallst.com|publisher=24/7 Wall St., LLC|access-date=August 31, 2017|date=January 5, 2017}}</ref>

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
The [[University of West Alabama]] is in Livingston.

===Primary and secondary schools===
The school district serving the county is [[Sumter County School District (Alabama)|Sumter County School District]]. In addition, a [[charter school]] is located on the campus of the University of West Alabama, [[University Charter School]].<ref name=About>"[http://www.universitycharterschool.org/about_ucs/ About]." [[University Charter School]]. Retrieved on January 15, 2019.</ref>

Until 2017, all schools in Sumter County were [[de facto segregation|in practice]] entirely [[Racial segregation in the United States|racially segregated]], as white parents sent their children to [[Sumter Academy]], a private [[segregation academy]] set up in 1970 in the wake of a federal court ruling ordering the school district to desegregate. During the 2015–16 school year, 98% of the 1,593 students in county's public schools were black, while none of the 170 students at Sumter Academy were black.<ref name="Poorest247 Stebbins et al" /> However, Sumter Academy closed in June 2017, while in August 2018, University Charter School opened, with a half-black, half-white enrollment, making it the county's first practically desegregated school.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/15/sumter-county-ala-just-got-its-first-integrated-school-yes-in-2018|title=Sumter County, Ala., just got its first integrated school. Yes, in 2018.|last=Farzan|first=Antonia Noori|authorlink=Antonia Noori Farzan|date=August 15, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

==Government==
{{PresHead|place=Sumter County, Alabama|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 21, 2016}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,581|4,746|84|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,586|5,421|23|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,731|5,264|25|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,880|4,527|26|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,629|4,415|44|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,561|4,706|189|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,807|4,810|408|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,212|4,390|28|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,493|4,478|22|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,104|5,015|80|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,191|3,457|41|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|2,686|2,737|38|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|303|2,336|2,168|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,653|0|405|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|623|765|74|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|578|981|112|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|702|894|3|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|52|0|1,061|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|53|1,075|3|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|46|1,404|1|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|24|1,369|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|26|1,293|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|191|1,015|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|28|837|19|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|15|1,088|3|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|8|770|6|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|9|701|12|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|3|719|6|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|16|883|7|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|204|1,053|24|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,459|1,834|204|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|781|3,185|60|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|819|2,060|11|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|963|1,525|6|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1880|Democratic|1,337|1,787|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1876|Democratic|1,370|2,234|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|2,491|1,650|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|2,516|1,469|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1860|Southern Democratic|0|136|1,155|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1856|Democratic|0|703|532|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1852|Democratic|482|497|4|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1848|Whig|820|771|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1844|Democratic|927|1,061|0|Alabama}}
{{PresRow|1840|Whig|1,308|1,180|0|Alabama}}
{{PresFoot|1836|Whig|789|631|0|Alabama}}

Sumter County has a high African American population and has been solidly Democratic since 1872. The only exception to this was when it voted for [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964. In the 21st Century, Democrats have won the county by over 70% in every presidential election.

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Livingston, Alabama|Livingston]] (county seat)
* [[York, Alabama|York]]

===Towns===
* [[Cuba, Alabama|Cuba]]
* [[Emelle, Alabama|Emelle]]
* [[Epes, Alabama|Epes]]
* [[Gainesville, Alabama|Gainesville]]
* [[Geiger, Alabama|Geiger]]

===Census-designated places===
* [[Bellamy, Alabama|Bellamy]]
* [[Panola, Sumter County, Alabama|Panola]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Belmont, Alabama|Belmont]]
* [[Coatopa, Alabama|Coatopa]]
* [[Intercourse, Alabama|Intercourse]]
* [[Payneville, Alabama|Payneville]]
* [[Sumterville, Alabama|Sumterville]]
* [[Ward, Alabama|Ward]]
* [[Warsaw, Alabama|Warsaw]]

==Places of interest==
Sumter County is home to the University of West Alabama Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition in Livingston and the Coleman Center for the Arts in [[York, Alabama]]. The historic [[Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge]] is also located on the University of West Alabama campus.

==Notable residents==
* [[Austin Armstrong]] (born 1993), football coach, born and raised in York, Alabama<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Matt |date=2023-04-12 |title=Hayes: Meet the man who is most responsible for Florida's potential turnaround. And, no, he's not a QB |url=https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/florida-football/hayes-meet-the-man-who-is-most-responsible-for-floridas-potential-turnaround-and-no-hes-not-a-qb/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Saturday Down South |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Jaybird Coleman]] (1896–1950), [[country blues]] harmonica player, vocalist, and guitarist<ref name="Field">{{Cite book |last=Field |first=Kim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JD9fio-iLkC&pg=PA159 |title=Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers: The Evolution of the People's Instrument |date=2000 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8154-1020-1 |pages=159–160 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Komara">{{Cite book |last1=Komara |first1=Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQU3AgAAQBAJ |title=The Blues Encyclopedia |last2=Lee |first2=Peter |date=July 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-95832-9 |pages=218 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mentor Dotson]] (c. 1837–?), Black state legislator who represented Sumter County, Alabama in the [[Alabama House of Representatives]] from 1872–1874<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Foner |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-_QDwAAQBAJ |title=Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction |date=1996-08-01 |publisher=LSU Press |isbn=978-0-8071-2082-8 |pages=64 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Maria Fearing]] (1838–1937), Black educator and Presbyterian missionary to [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]], who was born on Winston's Oak Hill Plantation in Sumter County<ref name="awhf">{{cite web |title=Maria Fearing (1838-1937) |url=http://www.awhf.org/fearing.html |accessdate= |work=Alabama Women's Hall of Fame}}</ref>
* [[Carol Forman]] (1919–1997), actress
* [[Amelia Greenwald]], International nurse, and first female driver in Poland<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/greenwald-amelia | title=Amelia Greenwald }}</ref>
* [[Lena King Lee]] (1906–2006), Black educator, attorney, and politician; the first Black women elected to the [[Maryland General Assembly]]<ref name="crisis">{{cite journal |last1=Clark |first1=Eric L. |date=February 1996 |title=Attorney Lena S. King Honored for Life's Work |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32 |journal=[[The Crisis]] |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=32–33}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, Alabama]]
* [[Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage by county (Pickens–Winston)#Sumter County|Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in Sumter County, Alabama]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/counties/sumter.jpg 2007 map of Sumter County showing roads and settlements] by [[University of Alabama]] Department of Geography.
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Sumter County, Alabama
|North     = [[Pickens County, Alabama|Pickens County]]
|Northeast = [[Greene County, Alabama|Greene County]]
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|Southeast = [[Marengo County, Alabama|Marengo County]]
|South     = [[Choctaw County, Alabama|Choctaw County]]
|Southwest = [[Lauderdale County, Mississippi]]
|West      = [[Kemper County, Mississippi]]
|Northwest = [[Noxubee County, Mississippi]]
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