Gazetteer/Almanac
SUMNER COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Tennessee, with Cumberland river on the south. Area, 625 square miles. Seat of justice, Gallatin. Pop. in 1810, 13,792; in 1820, 19,211; in 1830, 30,569; in 1840, 22,445; in 1850, 22,717. (Fanning's, 1853)