Do you know of Sumner ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sumner. 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 Sumner.
We found mention of Sumner as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Rush County, Indiana.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1862 and closed in 1878.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Sumner ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Sumner.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Sumner.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Levy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sumner [Levy County].
- Georgia
- Worth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sumner [Worth County].
- Illinois
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sumner [Lawrence County].
- Iowa
- Bremer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Sumner [Bremer County].
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sumner [Atchison County].
- Sumner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sumner [Sumner County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Sumner [Oxford County].
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Sumner [Montgomery County].
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sumner [Gratiot County].
- Mississippi
- Tallahatchie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Sumner [Tallahatchie County].
- Missouri
- Chariton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sumner [Chariton County].
- Montana
- Phillips County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Sumner [Phillips County].
- Nebraska
- Dawson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Sumner [Dawson County].
- North Carolina
- Guilford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sumner [Guilford County].
- Rowan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sumner [Rowan County].
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sumner [Meigs County].
- Oklahoma
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Sumner [Noble County].
- Oregon
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Sumner [Coos County].
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Lamar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sumner [Lamar County].
- Washington
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sumner [Pierce County].
- Wisconsin
- Barron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sumner [Barron County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sumner ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sumner:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Rush County ...
Can you help?
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 Rush County.
| Atlington | Griffin's |
| Groves | |
| Beech Grove | |
| Bennett's Crossing | Hamiltons |
| Brandon | Hannegan |
| Elvin | McMillins |
| Melrose | |
| Farmerton | |
| Star | |
| Goddards |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Sumner could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |