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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 would have been located within present day Lincoln Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sumpter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sumpter is 310 feet [94 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Sumpter was located: 318 & 457<4>

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, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas.

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.

  • Ruston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Grambling
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Arcadia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Bernice
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Choudrant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dubach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Simsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Vienna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Vienna is located in Lincoln Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 365 people
  • Quitman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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 (so far) 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 1891. The Sumpter post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sumpter.

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 Sumpter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sumpter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Sumpter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Sumpter area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/