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Welcome to Sumneytown ...

Sumneytown is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sumneytown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1824.

Sumneytown is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sumneytown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Sumneytown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sumneytown.

  • Allentown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Norristown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pottstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lansdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Phoenixville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Emmaus
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Perkasie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkasie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkasie
    • Perkasie is located in Bucks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,855 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perkasie <3>
  • Quakertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Doylestown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Conshohocken
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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 Sumneytown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sumneytown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sumneytown. 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 Sumneytown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sumneytown. See our Newspapers Page for Sumneytown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sumneytown ...

Looking for more information about Sumneytown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sumneytown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sumneytown.

Adding Sumneytown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sumneytown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sumneytown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sumneytown post office opened in 1824.

We also found Sumneytown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sumneytown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sumneytown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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