Welcome to Sumica ...
So far, we found very little information about Sumica. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sumica to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Sumica - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Sumica, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Sumica , we believe that it would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sumica, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.
Communities Also Named Sumica ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sumica - it's located in Florida.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sumica.
Adding Sumica to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Sumica was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Sumica post office opened in 1919.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sumica.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Polk County: www.polk-county.net/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sumica, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |