Welcome to Sumpter ...

So far, we found very little information about Sumpter. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sumpter to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sumpter, please Contact Us.

Sumpter was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Sumpter would have been located within present day Trinity County<2>.

The location of Sumpter has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sumpter, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sumpter is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Sumpter was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Sumpter still existed, it would have been in the (936) area code.

Communities Also Named Sumpter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Sumpter - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sumpter.

Communities near Sumpter ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sumpter.

• Diboll
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diboll
  • Diboll is located in Angelina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,123 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diboll <5>
• Onalaska
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onalaska have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onalaska
  • Onalaska is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,167 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onalaska <5>
• Corrigan
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrigan
  • Corrigan is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,702 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corrigan <5>
• Groveton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveton
  • Groveton is located in Trinity County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,030 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groveton <5>
• Seven Oaks
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
  • Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
• Lacy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
  • Lacy is located in Trinity County
  • Lacy has also been known as:
  • Lacey
• Helmic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmic
  • Helmic is located in Trinity County
• Chita
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
  • Chita is located in Trinity County
• Apple Springs
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Springs
  • Apple Springs is located in Trinity County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apple Springs <5>
• Friday
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday
  • Friday is located in Trinity County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sumpter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sumpter.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sumpter. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sumpter.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sumpter. See our Newspapers Page for Sumpter.

Adding Sumpter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sumpter in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sumpter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sumpter post office opened in 1851.

We also found Sumpter in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sumpter.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/