Headnote
SUMTER COUNTY, situated in the southwesterly part of Georgia, with Flint river on the east. Area, 675 square miles. Seat of justice, Americus. Pop in 1840, 5,759; in 1850, 10 322. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Georgia

Sumter County, Georgia (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SUMTER COUNTY, situated in the southwesterly part of Georgia, with Flint river on the east. Area, 675 square miles. Seat of justice, Americus. Pop in 1840, 5,759; in 1850, 10 322.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 348.
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