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Unincorporated community in Texas, US
Sumner
is an
unincorporated community
, 12 miles west of
Paris
, in
Lamar County
,
Texas
, United States. The ZIP Code for Sumner is 75486.
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Education
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The
North Lamar Independent School District
serves area students.
History
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Named to honor an early settler,
Moses Sumner
, the town had a post office open in 1885. By 1891 the population was 100, and the town was well on its way to prosperity. In 1892 the population was up to 150, and by 1898 the town had a one-teacher school with sixty-three students. In the late 1920s, the population was 250 but no railroad passed through the community. With the coming of the
Great Depression
and increased postwar mobility, people moved away.
[2]
In 1983, the town had a business, a school, one church, and a factory. The population was eighty in 2000.
[3]
References
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- ^
"Sumner ZIP Code"
. zipdatamaps.com. 2022
. Retrieved
November 11,
2022
.
- ^
"SUMNER, TEXAS"
.
Texasescapes.com
. Retrieved
July 27,
2018
.
- ^
M., SANTRY, JOHN (June 15, 2010).
"SUMNER, TX"
.
Tshaonline.org
. Retrieved
July 27,
2018
.
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