Sumterville is an

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Sumter County, Alabama Sumter County is a county located in the west central portion of Alabama."ACES Winston County Office" (links/history), Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), 2007, webpageACES-Sumter At the 2020 census, the population was 12,345. Its co ...

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History

Sumterville was originally known as Pattons Hill in honor of James W. Patton, who owned the surrounding land. The name was then changed to Sumterville in 1834. At one point, Sumterville was home to an inn, a boys and girls academy, several churches, a dentist, and a drugstore. A post office operated under the name Sumterville from 1836 to 1973.

John Lomax John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr. and Bess ...

recorded blues musician Rich Brown performing ten of his songs in Sumterville in 1940.

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Sumter County, Alabama {{SumterCountyAL-geo-stub