Sumter County was
December 26, 1831
from a portion of
Lee County. It
was named for
General Thomas
Sumter of South
Carolina who was a
soldier in the
French and Indian
Wars as well as the
American Revolution.
Incorporated:
December 26,
1831
Population:
33,200
Total
Area:
485 square miles
Cities & Towns:
Americus
(County Seat)
Andersonville
De Soto
Leslie
Plains
Attractions:
Georgia Rural
Telephone Museum
Habitat for
Humanity International
Pennington
St. James, a log church built in 1927 of
cypress logs and native fieldstone
