Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Baker
- Mayor
- Greg Lucas
- Total
- 2.18 sq mi (5.65 km )
- Land
- 2.18 sq mi (5.65 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 4,462 ft (1,360 m)
- Density
- 93/sq mi (36.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−07:00 (Pacific)
- Area codes
- 458 and 541
- Fips code
- 41-71000
- Website
- cityofsumpteror .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sumpter
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Baker County
- Population
- 204
- Area
- 5.650188
- Elevation
- 4429
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- www.historicsumpter.com
- Image
- Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge.jpg
- Households
- 136
- Dialing code
- 541
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- postal code
- 97877
- Commons category
- Sumpter, Oregon
- inception
- 1898-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 21316
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Encyclopedic overview
Sumpter is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States. The population was 204 at the 2020 census. Sumpter is named after Fort Sumter by its founders. The name was inspired by a rock as smooth and round as a cannonball, which reminded a local resident of the American Civil War and Fort Sumter.
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumpter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.