Sumner may refer to:

Places

Antarctica

* Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica *

Sumner Glacier Sumner Glacier () is a short, broad tributary glacier that flows northeast into the lower reaches of Weyerhaeuser Glacier, close west of Mount Solus, in southern Graham Land. Sketched from the air by D.P. Mason of Falkland Islands Dependencies ...

, southern Graham Land, Antarctica

Australia

Sumner, Queensland Sumner is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Sumner had a population of 595 people. Geography Sumner is south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Sumner is split between residential use in the west and the ...

, suburb of Brisbane

New Zealand

* Sumner, New Zealand, seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand *

Lake Sumner Lake Sumner, known as ''Hoka Kura'' in Māori, is a lake situated 100 km northwest of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. The lake is located in the Lake Sumner Forest Park; the Hurunui River and several other lakes (Loch K ...

United States

Inhabited places

* Sumner, California, former name of

Kern, California East Bakersfield is a region in Bakersfield, California directly east of downtown. The region was formerly known as the town of Sumner, which was later incorporated and renamed Kern City. It is primarily a mixture of residential and commercial d ...

Sumner, Florida Sumner is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States. It is located on State Road 24, approximately southwest of Rosewood and northeast of Cedar Key Cedar Key is a city in Levy County, Florida, United States. The popul ...

Sumner, Georgia Sumner is a town in Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 427 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Albany, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sumner High School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geog ...

* Sumner, Illinois *

Sumner, Iowa Sumner is a city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. The city is located along the county's eastern border, between Bremer and Fayette County, Iowa, Fayette counties. The population was 2,021 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 ...

Sumner, Maine Sumner is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Sumner is included in the Lewiston- Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 994 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of West Sumner a ...

Sumner, Michigan Sumner Township is a civil township of Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,911 at the 2000 census. Communities * Elm Hall is an unincorporated community within the township on the Pine River at . The FIPS place ...

* Sumner, Mississippi *

Sumner, Missouri Sumner is a city in Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 78 at the 2020 census. It was named in honor of U.S. Senator Charles Sumner. History The area along the Grand River in the northwest corner of present-day Chariton ...

* Sumner, Nebraska *

Sumner, Oklahoma Sumner is a community and Census Designated Place located in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States, ten miles east of Perry and two miles north of U.S. Route 64. Established prior to statehood along the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, the post ...

Sumner, Oregon Sumner is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is about southeast of Coos Bay on the route of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road. According to William Gladstone Steel, the community was founded in 1888 by John B. Dul ...

Sumner, Portland, Oregon Sumner is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon, including the portion of the city of Maywood Park west of Interstate 205. The area includes Portland International Airport Portland International Airport is a joint civil ...

Sumner, Texas Sumner is an unincorporated community, 12 miles west of Paris, in Lamar County, Texas, United States. The ZIP Code for Sumner is 75486 The North Lamar Independent School District serves area students. History Named to honor an early settler, ...

Sumner, Washington Sumner is a city in northern Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,621 at the 2020 census. Nearby cities include Puyallup to the west, Auburn to the north, and Bonney Lake to the east. History Sumner was founde ...

** Sumner station, a train station in Sumner, Washington * Sumner, Barron County, Wisconsin, a town *

Sumner (community), Barron County, Wisconsin Sumner is a town in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 798 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Canton, Lehigh and Sumner are located in the town. Geography Sumner is located along the eastern edge ...

, an unincorporated community *

Sumner, Jefferson County, Wisconsin Sumner is a town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 832 at the 2010 census. The census-designated place of Lake Koshkonong and the unincorporated communities of Busseyville, Carcajou, Glenn Oaks Beach, Koshkonong M ...

, a town *

Sumner, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin Sumner is a town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 806 at the 2000 census. History The town was named for Charles Sumner, a politician who was an adviser to Abraham Lincoln. Geography According to the United Sta ...

, a town *

Sumner County, Kansas Sumner County (standard abbreviation: SU) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,382. Its county seat is Wellington. History Early history For many millennia, the Great Plains of North ...

* Sumner County, Tennessee *

Sumner Township, Michigan Sumner Township is a civil township of Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,911 at the 2000 census. Communities * Elm Hall is an unincorporated community within the township on the Pine River at . The FIPS place c ...

Sumner Township, Minnesota Sumner Township is a township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 436 at the 2000 census. History Sumner Township was organized in 1858, and named for Charles Sumner, a United States Senator from Massachusetts. Geogr ...

* Fort Sumner, New Mexico * Lake Sumner, New Mexico

Other places in the United States

* Sumner College, Oregon *

Sumner Elementary School The Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas was involved in the ''Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'' case in 1954. Linda Brown's attempted enrollment to the Sumner School was rejected by the Topeka Board of Education, thus forcing her to ...

, in Topeka, Kansas *

Sumner Strait Sumner Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is about long and wide, extending from the mouth of the Stikine River to Iphigenia Bay on the Gulf of Alaska, separating Mitkof Isl ...

, Alaska *

Sumner Tunnel The Sumner Tunnel is a road tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It carries traffic under Boston Harbor in one direction, from Logan International Airport and Route 1A in East Boston. The tunnel originally deposited traffic at the w ...

, a vehicular tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts

People

Sumner (given name) Sumner is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Sumner Archibald Cunningham (1843–1913), American Confederate veteran and newspaper editor. *Sumner Gerard, American businessman and diplomat, US Ambassador to Jamaica * Sumner Paine, ...

Sumner (surname) Sumner is a surname. It originates from the English-language word that is spelt, in modern English, ''summoner'', denoting a person who serves a summons. In Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales'', one of the characters is a summoner (see "The ...

In Music

* Sumner (band), An Australian R&B-inspired electronic duo

Ships

* SS ''Charles Sumner'', a World War II Liberty ship * USS ''Sumner'', multiple ships

Other uses

Archdeacon of Sumner The Archdeacon of Sumner is the title of a senior post that has been used at certain times within the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, part of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zea ...

, Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia *

Bank of Sumner The Bank of Sumner, also known as the Clock Tower building and the S.F. Cass building, is a historic building located in Sumner, Iowa, United States. Stephen F. Cass had established a stagecoach-stop general store two miles northeast of where Chan ...

, a historic building in Sumner, Iowa, United States * Sumner (crater), a crater on the moon * Sumner method, a way of finding a ship's location at sea *

Viscount Sumner A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a Title#Aristocratic titles, title used in certain European countries for a nobility, noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-he ...

, a title in the British peerage