Do you know of Belle Sumter ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Belle Sumter. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Belle Sumter.<1>

Our sources for Belle Sumter (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Belle Sumter other than they indicate that Belle Sumter would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1920.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Belle Sumter ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Belle Sumter:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Belle Sumter - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Jefferson County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jefferson County.