Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Sumner came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Sumner in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sumner. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Sumner data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sumner:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Sumner is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Sumner in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Sumner for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Sumner. See our Misc Page for Sumner for more information.