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Sumter County, Alabama

Sumter Co., AL

Sumter County, AL


History

Sumter County was established on December 18, 1832. From 1797 to 1832, Sumter County was part of the Choctaw Nation, which was made up of four main villages. The first settlers in Sumter County were French explorers who had come north from Mobile. They built and settled at Fort Tombecbee, near the modern-day town of Epes. In 1830, with the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Choctaw Indians ceded the land that is now Sumter County to the government.
Source: Wikipedia

Modern Day Adjacent Counties

Pickens County (north)
Greene County (northeast)
Marengo County (southeast)
Choctaw County (south)
Lauderdale County, Mississippi (southwest)
Kemper County, Mississippi (west)
Noxubee County, Mississippi (northwest)

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