Sumner is a community and Census Designated Place located in Noble County,

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, United States, ten miles east of Perry and two miles north of U.S. Route 64. Established prior to statehood along the

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, the post office opened on May 23, 1894. The town was named for Henry T. Sumner, a businessman from Perry. Per the 1905 Oklahoma Territorial Census, Sumner had sixty-four residents. The post office closed July 27, 1957. The town currently has a population of approximately fifty. At its peak the town had a bank, post office, two churches, a school, a

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, and a train stop. Currently, the only significant buildings still in use are the Baptist church, the Christian church and the school.

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* Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. . Unincorporated communities in Noble County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub