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Sumter County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 26, 1831 ; 195 years ago ( 1831 )
- Named after
- Thomas Sumter
- Seat
- Americus
- Largest city
- Americus
- Total
- 493 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Land
- 483 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Water
- 10 sq mi (26 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 28,801
- Density
- 61/sq mi (24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- sumtercountyga.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Sumter
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Americus
- Population
- 29616
- Area
- 1276
- Shares border with
- Crisp County
- Official website
- www.sumtercountyga.us
- Image
- Sumter County Courthouse, Americus.JPG
- Households
- 11419
Show 9 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Sumter County, Georgia
- different from
- Sumter County
- water as percent of area
- 2
- Commons category
- Sumter County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Sumter County, Georgia
- native label
- Sumter County
- inception
- 1831-12-16
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sumter County, Georgia
- per capita income
- 21927
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Encyclopedic overview
Sumter County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,616. The county seat is Americus. The county was created on December 26, 1831.
Sumter County is part of the Americus micropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumter County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.