Welcome to Sumner ...

Sumner is located in Barron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sumner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Sumner is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sumner lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sumner: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Sumner ...

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, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sumner.

Communities near Sumner ...

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

• Rice Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
• Barron
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Barron is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
• Chetek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Chetek is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,094 people
• Cameron
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cameron is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
• Bruce
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Bruce is located in Rusk County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
• Almena
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Almena is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
• New Auburn
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • New Auburn is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
• Prairie Farm
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
• Birchwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
• Dallas
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallas is located in Barron County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people

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 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.

Adding Sumner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sumner 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 Sumner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sumner post office opened in 1876. The Sumner post office closed in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sumner.