Sumterville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in the U.S. state of Florida within Central Sumter County. Like the county in which it resides, Sumterville was named after General Thomas Sumter, a hero of the

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. The community was an early

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of Sumter County.

Geography

Sumterville is bordered by the City of Bushnell to the south, the City of Coleman to the north,

Lake Panasoffkee Lake Panasoffkee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,551 at the 2010 census. History Early inhabitants Boggy Island was an autonomous black Seminole village that was settled by Cen ...

to the west, and the Lake County Line to the east. Elevation is 75 feet above sea level. The rural and general atmosphere of Sumterville is similar to that of Coleman and Webster.

History

In 1902, a black man named Henry Wilson was convicted of murder in a trial that lasted just two hours and forty minutes. In response to a white mob demanding his execution date be moved up, officials acquiesced, authorizing Wilson to be hanged.

Transportation

The main roads through Sumterville are US 301 which runs north and south through Sumterville, as does State Road 471, which terminates at US 301. County Road 470 runs east and west, has a short concurrency with US 301, and also acts as the shared northern terminus of SR 471.

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runs along the western edge of Sumterville, as does County Road 475 and the

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Wildwood Subdivision, which carried Amtrak's Palmetto until 2004. A railroad spur connected to this line ran directly into Sumterville until the 1930s. Exit 321 is I-75's Sumterville/Lake Panasoffkee exit for CR 470, and northbound Exit 321 also leads to CR 475. The right of way for a former

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railroad line that carried the

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between Coleman and Auburndale also ran through Sumterville until 1988.

Points of interest

Sumterville contains a campus of the

Lake–Sumter State College Lake–Sumter State College is a public college with multiple campuses in Central Florida: three campuses in Lake and Sumter Counties; the original campus in Leesburg; the South Lake Campus in Clermont; and the Sumter Campus in Sumterville. It ...

and the Coleman Federal Prison. It is also the home to the Shady Brook Golf and RV Resort, Sumter Electric Co-Op Incorporated.SECO Official Website
/ref> and Collinas de Arena, now a private residence.

References

External links

Sumterville, Florida Information (ePodunk.com)

Sumter history links

Sumter County Chamber of Commerce

Official Sumter County Website

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