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Welcome to Sumner ...Sumner is located Sumner is located in Lamar County<1>. The location of Sumner has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sumner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. Sumner is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Sumner lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Sumner: (903) & (430)<4> The ZIP code for Sumner: 75486<5> Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Sumner - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sumner. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sumner. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sumner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sumner. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sumner. 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 Sumner. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sumner. See our Newspapers Page for Sumner. Looking for more information about Sumner? 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 Sumner, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sumner. We originally found mention of Sumner 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 Sumner was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Sumner in the book titled .<8> From that list, the Sumner post office opened in 1885.
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