Sumter
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city in and county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Sumter
- Named after
- Thomas Sumter
- City
- 33.06 sq mi (85.62 km )
- Land
- 32.86 sq mi (85.11 km )
- Water
- 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km ) 0.60%
- Elevation
- 154 ft (47 m)
- Rank
- SC: 8th
- Density
- 1,322.6/sq mi (510.66/km )
- Urban
- 68,825 (US: 406th )
- Urban density
- 1,194/sq mi (460.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip code
- 29150, 29151, 29153, 29154
- Area codes
- 803, 839
- Fips code
- 45-70405
- Website
- www .sumtersc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Sumter
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Sumter County
- Population
- 43463
- Area
- 83.103
- Elevation
- 52
- Capital of
- Sumter County
- Official website
- www.sumter-sc.com
- Image
- Downtown Sumter 2010.jpg
- Households
- 15354
- Dialing code
- 803
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- Commons category
- Sumter, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Sumter, South Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sumter, South Carolina
- inception
- 1845-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.63
- P8168
- Bridget Regan
- postal code
- 29154
- per capita income
- 24673
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sumter (/ˈsʌmtər/ SUM-tər) is a city in and the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The city makes up the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sumter County, along with Clarendon and Lee counties, form the core of Sumter–Lee–Clarendon tri-county (or East Midlands) area of South Carolina that includes three counties straddling the border of the Sandhills (or Midlands), Pee Dee, and Lowcountry regions. The population was 43,463 at the 2020 census, making it the 9th-most populous city in the state.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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