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Sumner may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica * Sumner Glacier, southern Graham Land, Antarctica Australia * Sumner, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane New Zealand * Sumner, New Zealand, a seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand * Archdeacon of Sumner, Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia * Lake Sumner United States * Sumner, California, a former town, now East Bakersfield, California * Sumner, Florida, an unincorporated community * Sumner, Georgia, a town * Sumner, Illinois, a city * Sumner, Iowa, a city * Sumner, Maine, a town * Sumner, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Sumner Township * Sumner, Mississippi, a town * Sumner, Missouri, a city * Sumner, Nebraska, a village * Sumner, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Sumner, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Sumner, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood * Sumner, Texas, an unincorporated communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Sumner
The Latady Mountains () are a group of mountains rising west of Gardner Inlet and between Wetmore Glacier and Ketchum Glacier, in southeastern Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Latady Mountains are in the southeast of Palmer Land. They are bounded by the Wetmore Glacier to the north and east, and the Ketchum Glacier to the south. A featureless expanse of ice extends to the west as far as the Sky-Hi Nunataks. The Rare Range is to the northeast, and beyond that the Guettard Range. Features, from north to south, include Mount Aaron, McLaughlin Peak, Mount Robertson, Crain Ridge, Strange Glacier, Mount Hyatt, Mount Wood, Mount Terrazas and Schmitt Mesa. The Rare Range with Mount Crowell and Mount Sumner is to the northeast. Mount Poster and Mount Tenney are to the west. Exploration and name The Latady Mountains were seen from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) on 21 November 1947 and partially surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and RARE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Dalley (other sources have the spelling as "Dulley"), who named it after Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator who died in 1874. Sumner post office was established in 1874, so according to ''Oregon Geographic Names ''Oregon Geographic Names'' is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society. The book was originally published in 1928. It was compiled and edited by Lewis A. McArt ...'', Steel must have been incorrect about the 1888 founding date. Dalley was the first postmaster, and the office closed in 1961. In 1915, Sumner had a population of 100. As of 1990, the community had one store. See also * Steamboats of Coos Bay References Unincorporated co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Sumner (Maryland)
Fort Sumner was built during the American Civil War by the Union Army in the Brookmont section of Bethesda, Maryland, just northwest of Washington, D.C. Construction The earthwork fort was an 1863 expansion of Fort Alexander, Fort Ripley, and Fort Franklin, which were built to protect the Washington Aqueduct, the new water supply for the city, and the adjacent Potomac River shoreline. Fort Sumner was named for Major General Edwin Vose Sumner, who died in 1863 from fever he contracted while at his daughter's house. The fort had a commanding view above the Potomac River and included 30 artillery pieces. In addition to the aforementioned components, the site was situated near Battery Bailey and Battery Benson, overlooking Little Falls Branch.Coalition for the Capital Crescent Trail, Bethesda, MD"Points of Interest on the Trail" Accessed 2013-02-18. Battery Bailey was named for Captain Guilford D. Bailey, killed in action at the Battle of Fair Oaks, and Battery Benson was nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Sumner (Maine)
Fort Sumner was a coastal defense fortification on Munjoy Hill in Portland, Maine, United States. It was built in 1794 as part of the first system of coastal fortifications built by the United States. It was reportedly originally named Fort Allen after the nearby Revolutionary War battery that probably became part of Fort Sumner, but was renamed in 1797 after Increase Sumner, the incumbent Governor of Massachusetts, of which Maine was then a part. The location is now Fort Sumner Park (or Standpipe Park). History Fort Sumner consisted of a blockhouse, magazine, and barracks on the summit of Munjoy Hill, a site now occupied by Fort Sumner Park, and a "water battery" ( battery near a body of water) or "detached battery", probably where Fort Allen Park is now and an upgrade of the Revolutionary War Fort Allen. The battery was rebuilt in 1798 and 1808. The Secretary of War's report for December 1811 describes a battery "at the north end of the town... of five guns mounted and four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner was a Fortification, military fort in New Mexico Territory charged with the internment of Navajo and Mescalero, Mescalero Apache populations from 1863 to 1868 at nearby Bosque Redondo. History On October 31, 1862, Congress of the United States, Congress authorized the construction of Fort Sumner. General James Henry Carleton initially justified the fort as offering protection to settlers in the Pecos River valley from the Mescalero, Mescalero Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche. He also created the Bosque Redondo Indian reservation, reservation, a area where over 9,000 Navajo and Mescalero Apache were forced to live because of accusations that they were raiding white settlements near their respective homelands. The fort was named for General Edwin Vose Sumner. The Indian reservation, reservation was to be self-sufficient, while teaching Navajo and Mescalero Apache how to be modern farmers. General Edward Canby, whom Carleton replaced, had first suggested that the Navajo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumner Township (other)
Sumner Township may refer to: Illinois * Sumner Township, Kankakee County, Illinois * Sumner Township, Warren County, Illinois Iowa * Sumner Township, Buchanan County, Iowa * Sumner Township, Iowa County, Iowa * Sumner Township, Webster County, Iowa * Sumner Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa Kansas * Sumner Township, Osborne County, Kansas, in Osborne County, Kansas * Sumner Township, Phillips County, Kansas, in Phillips County, Kansas * Sumner Township, Reno County, Kansas, in Reno County, Kansas * Sumner Township, Sumner County, Kansas, in Sumner County, Kansas Michigan * Sumner Township, Michigan Minnesota * Sumner Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota North Carolina * Sumner Township, Guilford County, North Carolina, in Guilford County, North Carolina Oklahoma * Sumner Township, Garfield County, Oklahoma, in Garfield County, Oklahoma South Dakota * Sumner Township, Spink County, South Dakota, in Spink County, South Dakota Spink County is a County (Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumner County, Tennessee
Sumner County is a county located on the central northern border of Tennessee in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 196,281. Its county seat is Gallatin, and its most populous city is Hendersonville. The county is named after an American Revolutionary War hero, General Jethro Sumner. Sumner County is part of the Nashville-Davidson– Murfreesboro– Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is made up of eight cities, including Gallatin, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, Millersville, Mitchellville, Portland, Westmoreland, and White House. Sumner County is northeast of Nashville, Tennessee. History Prior to the European colonization of North America, the county had been inhabited by various cultures of Native Americans for several thousand years. Nomadic Paleo and Archaic hunter-gatherer campsites, as well as substantial Woodland and Mississippian-period occupation sites and burial grounds, can be found scattered through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumner County, Kansas
Sumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wellington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,382. The county is named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who was a leader of Reconstruction politics. History Early history For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1848, after the Mexican–American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Spain brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and ally of Abraham Lincoln. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.9 square miles (87.7 km2), of which, 33.8 square miles (87.7 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (0.09%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 806 people, 291 households, and 229 families residing in the town. The population density was 23.8 people per square mile (9.2/km2). There were 305 housing units at an average density of 9.0 per square mile (3.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.88% White and 0.12% Native American. There were 291 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Manor, and North Shore are located within the town. The community of Blackhawk Island is located partially in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 31.3 square miles (81.0 km2), of which 16.3 square miles (42.2 km2) is land and 15.0 square miles (38.9 km2), or 47.97%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 904 people, 370 households, and 259 families residing in the town. The population density was 55.5 people per square mile (21.4/km2). There were 555 housing units at an average density of 34.1 per square mile (13.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.89% White, 0.33% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumner (community), Barron County, Wisconsin
The Town"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354-355 of Sumner is located in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 699 at the 2020 census, down from 798 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Canton, Lehigh and Sumner are located in the town. Geography The Town of Sumner is located along the eastern edge of Barron County, with Rusk County on its eastern border. U.S. Route 8 crosses the town from east to west. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.03%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 598 people, 210 households, and 161 families residing in the town. The population density was 16.8 people per square mile (6.5/km2). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 6.2 per square mile (2.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.83% White, 0.17% African Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
