Sumter County, GA

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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