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Nearest Communities to Sumner,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sumner, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sumner:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Sumner.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Sumner is located in Levy County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Levy County: Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist & Marion.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sumner. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Levy County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Sumner (which is Levy County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Sumner

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Levy County   (where Sumner resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.levycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Levy:   Bronson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sumner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sumner.
      • Rosewood
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Rosewood is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
      • Wakasassa ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Wakasassa is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakasassa
      • Cedar Key
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Beech Creek ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Beech Creek is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
      • Lukens
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Lukens is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukens
      • Fowlers Bluff
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Fowlers Bluff is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Bluff
      • Ellzey
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Ellzey is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellzey
      • Vista
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Vista is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Otter Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Gulf Hammock
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Usher
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Usher is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usher
      • Beetree Ford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Beetree Ford is located in Levy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetree Ford
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Chiefland
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Hardeetown
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Hardeetown is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardeetown
        • Port Inglis
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Port Inglis is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Inglis
        • Yankeetown
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Manatee Road
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Manatee Road is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
        • Crackertown
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Crackertown is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackertown
        • Andrews
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Andrews is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
        • Inglis
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Tidewater
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Tidewater is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
        • Bronson
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Williston Highlands
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
        • East Bronson
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • East Bronson is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
        • Meredith
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Meredith is located in Levy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
  • Citrus County
  • Dixie County
    • County Website:   https://www.dixiecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Dixie:   Cross City
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sumner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sumner.
      • Suwannee
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Yellow Jacket
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Yellow Jacket is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Jacket
      • Shired Island
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Shired Island is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shired Island
      • Horseshoe Beach
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
      • Horseshoe
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Horseshoe is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
      • Eugene
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Eugene is located in Dixie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
      • Cross City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Gilchrist County
    • County Website:   https://gilchrist.fl.us/
    • County Seat for Gilchrist:   Trenton
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sumner   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sumner.
      • Fanning Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Lottieville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Lottieville is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottieville
      • Wilcox Junction
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Wilcox Junction is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Junction
      • Wilcox
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Wilcox is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
      • Trenton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Blitchville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Blitchville is located in Gilchrist County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchville
  • Marion County
  • Suwannee County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sumner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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