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Sumter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,556. [2] Its county seat is Sumter. [3] Sumter County comprises the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC Combined Statistical Area. [4]
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 South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. [4] Historically, county government in South Carolina has been fairly weak. [5] The 1895 Constitution made no provision for local government, effectively reducing counties to creatures of the state.
James Paul Freund (September 16, 1946 – August 9, 1976) and Pamela Mae Buckley (December 16, 1951 – August 9, 1976), commonly known as the Sumter County Does, Jock Doe and Jane Doe respectively, [6] were two previously unidentified American murder victims found in Sumter County, South Carolina, on August 9, 1976. [7]
Sumter Historic District is a national historic district located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings in the central business district of Sumter. It includes buildings that primarily date from 1880 to 1912.
Dr. Terri Ann Ognibene, a "Sumter Turk" herself, has discussed the misrepresentations of the community: We are the Turkish people of Sumter County, in the state of South Carolina. Our story has never been told fully and accurately. We have roots that extend all the way back to the Revolutionary War. We fought in the Civil War and in the World ...
Sumter Airport (IATA: SUM, ICAO: KSMS, FAA LID: SMS) is a public use airport located 4 nmi (7.4 km) north of the central business district of Sumter, a city in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Sumter County under an Airport Commission structure and has a county appointed airport manager ...
South Carolina Highway 44 (SC 44) was a state highway that existed in the west-central part of Sumter County. By 1929, it was established from the Sumter–Lee county line, southwest of Rembert, to SC 30 in Manville. In 1940, it was extended westward to end at U.S. Route 521 (US 521) in Rembert.