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Sumter County, South Carolina

88 topographic sheets and 14 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

Research this county

From the record

28 National Register listings published here, 3 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

South Carolina within the United States
Sumter County within South Carolina
Explore by year 1881 1927

What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Sumter, Mayesville, between 1884 and 1944.
  • 14 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 2,364 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 28 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 21 buildings, 6 districts and 1 site.
  • 13 of the 28 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 147 populated places in this county; 147 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

32 photographs, 1920

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Borough House, Dependency, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Dependency, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Poinsett State Park , 6660 Poinsett Park Road, Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC
Poinsett State Park , 6660 Poinsett Park Road, Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Milford Plantation, Stables, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Milford Plantation, Stables, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Gen. Thomas Sumter Tomb, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Gen. Thomas Sumter Tomb, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Hooper Tombs, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Hooper Tombs, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Kitchen-Storehouse, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Kitchen-Storehouse, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Brookland Plantation House, Old Charleston Road (State Route 261), Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Brookland Plantation House, Old Charleston Road (State Route 261), Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Milford Plantation, Entrance Gateway, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Milford Plantation, Entrance Gateway, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Dr. Anderson's Office, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Dr. Anderson's Office, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Cabin, Sumter, Sumter County, SC
Cabin, Sumter, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Sumter county, South Carolina. Farm hands picking cotton
Sumter county, South Carolina. Farm hands picking cotton
Photographer not recorded, 1920. Library of Congress
Milford Plantation, Accessory Building, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Milford Plantation, Accessory Building, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Hay Barn, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Hay Barn, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House School Road (Cabin), Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House School Road (Cabin), Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, School, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, School, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Chicken Brooder, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Chicken Brooder, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Ramsey House, Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC
Ramsey House, Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
High Hills Baptist Church, Kings Highway (State Route 261), Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
High Hills Baptist Church, Kings Highway (State Route 261), Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Cook's House, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Cook's House, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Needwood Plantation House, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Needwood Plantation House, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Weaving House, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Weaving House, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Milford Plantation, Porter's Lodge, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Milford Plantation, Porter's Lodge, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Marshton Plantation House, Camden Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Marshton Plantation House, Camden Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Milford Plantation, Water Tower, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Milford Plantation, Water Tower, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
The Oaks, Stateburg-Wedgefield Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
The Oaks, Stateburg-Wedgefield Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Church of the Holy Cross, State Route 261, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Melrose, Kings Highway (State Route 261), Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC
Melrose, Kings Highway (State Route 261), Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Milford Plantation, Spring House, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Milford Plantation, Spring House, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Homefield, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Homefield, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Milford, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Milford, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Borough House, Dry Well Shelter, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Borough House, Dry Well Shelter, State Route 261 & Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

28

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Borough House Plantationbuilding197272001224
J. Clinton Brogdon Housebuilding199393000585
Carnegie Public Librarybuilding199494000814
Ellerbe's Millbuilding197474001880
Goodwill Parochial Schoolbuilding199797000523
Heriot-Moise Housedistrict198989002149
Holy Cross Episcopal Churchbuilding197373001732
Lenoir Storebuilding199797000744
Lincoln High Schoolbuilding201514001221
Magnolia Hallbuilding199999000101
Charles T. Mason Housebuilding199797000745
Mayesville Historic Districtdistrict197979002395
Millford Plantationbuilding197171000808
O'Donnell Housebuilding199696000407
Orange Grovebuilding199393000845
Pinewood Depotbuilding199797000535
Poinsett State Park Historic Districtdistrict201616000311
Rip Raps Plantationdistrict197878002532
Salem Black River Presbyterian Churchbuilding197878003091
Henry Lee Scarborough Housebuilding199594001560
Singleton's Graveyardsite197676001713
St. Mark's Churchbuilding197878002530
Stateburg Historic Districtdistrict197171000809
Sumter County Courthousebuilding200404000619
Sumter Historic Districtdistrict197575001707
Sumter Town Hall-Opera Housebuilding197373001733
Temple Sinaibuilding199998001645
Elizabeth White Housebuilding197878002531

Digitised newspapers

5 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Watchman and Southron

Sumter, S.C., 1881 to 1930. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

17 of 23 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 23 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Twomey Hospital, West Calhoun St., Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Twomey Hospital, West Calhoun St., Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Pocalla Springs Tourist Court and swimming pool, 3 miles south of Sumter, S. C., U.S. Hy. 15A, Boston Public Library - undated
Pocalla Springs Tourist Court and swimming pool, 3 miles south of Sumter, S. C., U.S. Hy. 15A. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Dunndell Gardens located on the Columbia Highway, Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Dunndell Gardens located on the Columbia Highway, Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Post office South Main St., Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Post office South Main St., Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Edmunds High School, Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Edmunds High School, Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Swan Lake Gardens, Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Swan Lake Gardens, Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fladger Hotel, Sumter, South Carolina, Boston Public Library - undated
Fladger Hotel, Sumter, South Carolina. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
S-43. Presbyterian Church, Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
S-43. Presbyterian Church, Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The Manhattan Coffe Shoppe, "Where tourist meet and enjoy a wholesome meal", Boston Public Library - undated
The Manhattan Coffe Shoppe, "Where tourist meet and enjoy a wholesome meal". Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Pocalla Springs Tourist Court and swimming pool, 3 miles south of Sumter, S. C., U.S. Hy. 15A, Boston Public Library - undated
Pocalla Springs Tourist Court and swimming pool, 3 miles south of Sumter, S. C., U.S. Hy. 15A. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Frank's Restaurant and Frank's Truck Terminal, 2 miles south Sumter, S. C., on U.S. Hy. 15, Boston Public Library - undated
Frank's Restaurant and Frank's Truck Terminal, 2 miles south Sumter, S. C., on U.S. Hy. 15. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
S-44. Looking north on Main Street, post office at right, Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
S-44. Looking north on Main Street, post office at right, Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The White Rooster Tea Room, Boston Public Library - undated
The White Rooster Tea Room. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Pocalla Springs Tourist Court, 3 miles south of Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Pocalla Springs Tourist Court, 3 miles south of Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Iris in bloom, Swan Lake Gardens, Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Iris in bloom, Swan Lake Gardens, Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Main Street, Sumter, S. C., looking north, Boston Public Library - undated
Main Street, Sumter, S. C., looking north. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Picturesque Dunndell Gardens, Sumter, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Picturesque Dunndell Gardens, Sumter, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,708 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-31, scale 1:24000
1957-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-31, scale 1:24000
1957-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-31, scale 1:24000
1957-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-03-31, scale 1:24000
1957-03-31, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-01, scale 1:40000
1958-01-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-12, scale 1:20500
1966-03-12, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-12, scale 1:20500
1966-03-12, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-12, scale 1:20500
1966-03-12, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-12, scale 1:20500
1966-03-12, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-14, scale 1:20500
1972-02-14, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-14, scale 1:20500
1972-02-14, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-14, scale 1:20500
1972-02-14, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-14, scale 1:20500
1972-02-14, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-13, scale 1:76000
1974-05-13, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-13, scale 1:76000
1974-05-13, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-13, scale 1:76000
1974-05-13, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:65000
1976-07-21, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:65000
1976-07-21, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:65000
1976-07-21, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-07-21, scale 1:66000
1976-07-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-01-01, scale 1:25700
1977-01-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-01-01, scale 1:25700
1977-01-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-01-01, scale 1:25700
1977-01-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-01-01, scale 1:25700
1977-01-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:25700
1978-03-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:25700
1978-03-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:25700
1978-03-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:25700
1978-03-01, scale 1:25700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-01-01, scale 1:80000
1980-01-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-01, scale 1:16000
1980-02-01, scale 1:16000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-01, scale 1:16000
1980-02-01, scale 1:16000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-01, scale 1:16000
1980-02-01, scale 1:16000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:80000
1981-01-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:80000
1981-01-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:14000
1981-01-01, scale 1:14000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1981-01-01, scale 1:14000
1981-01-01, scale 1:14000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

23 stations, 3 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

71 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 43-1Concord township: Concord township - That part northeast of State Hwy. 54 and St. Paul Church - Westminster Church Rd.
  • 43-2Concord township - That part east of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, south of State Hwy. 54, west and northwest of Brogden - Lewis Church Rd. and St. Paul Church - Westminster Church Rd.
  • 43-3Concord township - That part west of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 43-4Concord township - That part southeast of Brogden - Lewis Church Rd. and west of St. Paul Church - Westminster Church Rd.
  • 43-5Fulton township: Pinewood town
  • 43-6Fulton township - That part east of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Pinewood town
  • 43-7Fulton township - That part west of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Pinewood town
  • 43-8Manchester township
  • 43-9Mayesville township: Mayesville town
  • 43-10Mayesville township - That part east of Black River
  • 43-11outside Mayesville township - That part west of Black River, outside Mayesville town
  • 43-12Middleton township: Middleton township - That part east of State Hwy. 261
  • 43-13Middleton township - That part west of State Hwy. 261
  • 43-14Privateer township: Privateer township - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 15
  • 43-15Privateer township - That part east of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and west of U.S. Hwy. 15
  • 43-16Privateer township - That part west of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 43-17Providence township: Providence township - That part east of Seaboard Air Line Railway
  • 43-18Providence township - That part southeast of State Hwy. 441, north of U.S. Hwy. 521, and northwest of Unnumbered road from U.S. Hwy. 521 to Seaboard Air Line Railway, via St. Philip's Church and Ebenezer Church
  • 43-19Providence township - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 521 and northwest of State Hwy. 441
  • 43-20Providence township - That part south and west of U.S. Hwy. 521
  • 43-21Providence township - That part west of Seaboard Air Line Railway, east of U.S. Hwy. 521, and southeast of Unnumbered road from U.S. Hwy. 521 to Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, via St. Philip's Church and Ebenezer Church
  • 43-22Rafting Creek township: Rafting Creek township - That part northeast of U.S. Hwy. 521
  • 43-23Rafting Creek township - That part east of Southern Railway, and southwest of U.S. Hwy. 521
  • 43-24Rafting Creek township - That part west of Southern Railway, excluding State Convict Farm (part)
  • 43-25State Convict Farm - That part in Rafting Creek township (Remainder of State Convict Farm is in DeKalb township, Kershaw County)
  • 43-26Shiloh township: Shiloh township - That part east of Jordan Swamp
  • 43-27Shiloh township - That part east of Pudding Swamp and west of Jordan Swamp
  • 43-28Shiloh township - That part west of Pudding Swamp
  • 43-29Stateburg township: Stateburg township - That part east of State Hwy. 261 and north and west of State Hwy. 44
  • 43-30Stateburg township - That part west of State Hwy. 261
  • 43-31Stateburg township - That part east of State Hwy. 261 and south and east of State Hwy. 441, excluding Shaw Air Force Base
  • 43-32Shaw Air Force Base (In Stateburg township)
  • 43-33Sumter township: Sumter city: Sumter city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Calhoun; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 43-34Sumter city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Charlotte Ave.; Ann Park, Croswell Dr., Seaboard Air Line Railway
  • 43-35Sumter city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Seaboard Air Line Railway; Croswell Dr., Ann Park; Charlotte; Ave. N. Main
  • 43-36Sumter city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Charlotte Ave.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Calhoun; N. Main
  • 43-37Sumter city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Calhoun; City limits; Liberty; N. Main
  • 43-38BN/A
  • 43-38AN/A
  • 43-39N/A
  • 43-40Sumter city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Broad; Purdy; Mason-Croft Dr., Stewart, Haynsworth, Guignard Dr.; City limits
  • 43-41Sumter city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Broad, Warren; N. Main; Calhoun; Purdy
  • 43-42Sumter city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Calhoun; N. Main; Liberty; Purdy
  • 43-43Sumter city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Haynsworth, Stewart, Mason-Croft Dr.; Purdy; Liberty; Cherry, Calhoun, Guignard Dr.
  • 43-44Sumter city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Guignard Dr., Calhoun, Cherry; Liberty, Bland Ave.; City limits
  • 43-45Sumter city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits, Bland Ave.; Liberty; City limits
  • 43-46Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Liberty; S. Main Oakland Ave. Council
  • 43-47Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Liberty; Council; Oakland Ave.; Salem Ave.
  • 43-48Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Liberty; Salem Ave.; Oakland Ave.; Purdy
  • 43-49Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Liberty; Purdy; Oakland Ave.; Guignard Dr.
  • 43-50Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Liberty; Guignard Dr.; McDuffie, City limits; City limits
  • 43-51Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Oakland Ave.; Council; Bradford; City limits, McDuffie, Guignard Dr.
  • 43-52Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Oakland Ave.; S. Main, Manning Ave.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Council
  • 43-53Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Manning Ave.; City limits; Sumter
  • 43-54Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Sumter; City limits; Mary
  • 43-55Sumter city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Bradford, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Bumper, Mary; City limits
  • 43-56Sumter city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Liberty; City limits; Houser; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 43-57Sumter city - That part of Ward 4, excluding Claremont Hotel Bounded by Liberty; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Hauser, Silver; Divine Manning Ave., s. Main
  • 43-58Claremont Hotel (In Sumter city, Ward 4)
  • 43-59Sumter city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Divine; R. & W., Bee, Pierson; City limits; Manning Ave.
  • 43-60Sumter city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Hauser; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; City limits; Pierson, Bee, R. & W., Divine, Silver
  • 43-61Sumter city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Hauser; City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 43-62Shannontown, unincorporated: Shannontown unincorporated - That part Bounded by Sumter corporate limits, U.S. Hwy. 76; Unnamed road, Unnamed road extension, Myrtle Beach Hwy., Unnamed road to Shiloh, 1/4 mile offset line east of and parallel to Boulevard Rd.; Unnamed road extension, Unnamed road, Turkey Creek, Pocotaligo River; U.S. Hwy. 15
  • 43-63Shannontown, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Sumter corporate limits; U.S. Hwy. 15; Pocotaligo River
  • 43-64Sumter township - That part west of State Hwy. 763, and north of State Hwy. 542
  • 43-65Sumter township - That part east of State Hwy. 763, and north of State Hwy. 542
  • 43-66Sumter township - That part southeast of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and southwest of State Hwy. 542, outside Sumter city and the unincorporated place of Shannontown (See separate map for boundaries of Shannontown)
  • 43-67Sumter township - That part east of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, south of State Hwy. 542, and northwest of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Sumter city
  • 43-68Sumter township - That part west of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, southwest of State Hwy. 542, and northeast of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Sumter city
  • 43-69Sumter township - That part east of Pocotaligo River and west of Seaboard Air Line Railway, outside Sumter city
  • 43-70Sumter township - That part west of Pocotaligo River, outside Sumter city and the unincorporated place of Shannontown

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

2,717 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 2,717 of them, burning about 18,811 acres. 38 started naturally and 482 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined812
Arson/incendiarism482
Equipment and vehicle use87
Misuse of fire by a minor84
Smoking39
Natural38
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Other causes5
Fireworks2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,684 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionPINEWOOD
21 March 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined295 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2008Natural180 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionTHREE MILE BRANCH ROAD
13 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined165 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 October 2001Arson/incendiarism150 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 February 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined135 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2013Arson/incendiarism130 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 February 1999Debris and open burning125 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2025

60 of 640 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 640 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 19 injuries and about $8,734,320 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind423
Hail138
Flash Flood32
Tornado28
Heavy Rain9
Lightning7
Flood2
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Tornado (EF3)Pinewood1 killed, 5 hurtAn EF3 tornado traveled from southwest to northeast of Sumter destroying a seven mobile homes, severely damaging nine framed homes, and doing light to moderate damage to an additional 62 mobile and framed homes. There was 1 fatality and 3 injuries. The tornado touched down as an EF1 and ended as an EF3 where the fatality occurred at a mobile home on hwy 76.
May 1991Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
June 2006HailSumter9 hurtWalters Care Facility reported penny size hail and strong winds with small limbs down.
September 2004Tornado (F2)Sumter3 hurt, $1,700,000Emergency manager reported 55 homes damaged, 9 destroyed, and 3 injuries.
March 1992Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
September 1989Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
August 2012LightningShiloh$1,300,000The Item reported that the Shiloh United Methodist Church, built in 1831, was destroyed by fire. Damage estimates were at 1.3 million dollars.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindCountywide$738,000EPD reported scattered trees and powerlines down. Eighty four homes had minor damage, 12 had major damage, and 10 mobile homes had minor damage.
November 1985Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 1997LightningSumter$225,000Lightning destroyed half of a Longleaf Drive home.
April 2011Hail(Ssc)Shaw Afb Sumter$100,000Public reported hail up to tennis ball size near Shaw AFB.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindSumter$100,000Many roofs and mobile homes in Sumter damaged by winds. Trees and power lines down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSumter$88,000Emergency Manager reported trees and powerlines down. Three roofs on buildings heavily damaged at the public works facility and a couple of trees were on homes on Jerry Street and Hwy 15.
September 2011LightningSumter$87,000Sumter County Newspaper reported a barn struck by lightning burnt down and 9 horses were killed.
April 2012HailSumter Dabbs Fld Arp$80,000Public reported quarter size hail damaged their windshield near mile marker 135 on I-95. Other vehicles sustained damaged windshields and dents.
July 2010Tornado (EF1)Claremont$80,000NWS and Emergency Manger found numerous trees down and minor to moderate damage to about a dozen homes. Many homes sustained damage from trees being deposited on them.
September 1996Tornado (F2)Sumter$75,000no account filed
April 2011Hail(Ssc)Shaw Afb Sumter$60,000Public reported golfball size hail west of Sumter near Shaw AFB.
April 2011Hail(Ssc)Shaw Afb Sumter$60,000Public reported 2 inch hail near Shaw AFB.
April 2011Hail(Ssc)Shaw Afb Sumter$60,000Public reported golfball to egg size hail near Shaw AFB.
April 2011HailSumter$60,000Public reported 3 inch hail near Sumter.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWedgefield$50,000Sheriff reported two mobile homes had moderate damage, a tree was on a house, and a porch was blown off another house.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindSumter$50,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindShannontown$48,000Dispatcfh reports multiple trees down on vehicles on Plowden Mill Road.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Privateer$48,000NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF1 tornado of winds near 90 mph had intermittent touch downs along its path. Numerous trees were either blown over or snapped. Minor damage was done to several homes.
September 2024Tornado (EF0)Stateburg$45,000A brief, but wide, EF-0 tornado associated with Hurricane Helene |began near Squaw Valley Road north of Wedgefield in Sumter County |at 532 AM. The tornado uprooted multiple trees and snapped large|branches as it moved north across Cane Savannah Rd and eventually|Route 76/378. It continued into a neighborhood causing additional|large tree damage, with a tree falling across Brookland Drive.|One home on Brookland Drive suffered damage from a large|tree falling on it, while other yards had multiple large limbs|snapped and/or trees uprooted. The tornado continued northwest|causing a large tree to uproot and fall across powerlines and|North Kings Highway which caused traffic delays. The tornado|turned slightly more northward where it uprooted trees and|snapped large limbs near the Beech Creek Golf Club before it|lifted around 538 AM.
April 2011HailSumter$40,000Spotter reported hail ranging from quarter size to golfball size covering the ground in Sumter.
April 2011HailSumter$40,000COCORAHS Observer reported golfball size hail near the USC Sumter campus.
April 2011HailDalzell$40,000Golfball size hail reported in Dalzell - relayed by COCORAHS observer.
May 2012LightningSumter$30,000The Sumter County Newspaper reported that the Sumter Opera House was struck by lightning which caused structural damage to the metal roof and building. Bricks from the four story structure were blown out of the building and into the parking lot and street.
May 1967Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
September 1963Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSumter$24,000Sheriff reported numerous trees down over the western part of the county.
September 2011Flash FloodSumter$22,000Flood waters entered a residence near Sand Hill Dr. and McCorays Mill Rd....and at at the Friendship Apt. on E. Calhoun St. in Sumter. Also...numerous reports of street flooding were received.
June 2025Flash FloodPinckney Xrds$20,000Sumter dispatch reported multiple cars stuck in flood waters around the Oakland and Dalzell areas.
August 2023LightningBrent$20,000Dispatchers reported that lightning struck a home on Queen Chapel Road and caused a fire which produced minor damage. Exact monetary value of damage unknown.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHagood$18,000Black River Electric reported powerlines down and outages in Sumter County.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Shiloh$18,000Emergency Manager reported trees down on Forge road and Pudding Swamp road in the Shiloh Community from an EF0 tornado.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWedgefield$18,000Sheriff dispatch reported trees down at Highway 378 and Highway 261 and also along Highway 261 to Wedgefield. The Sumter Newspaper also reported around 80 trees snapped off on San Souci Farms near Statesburg.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindClaremont$18,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down.
July 2009LightningSumter$16,000Two homes on Kaempfer Circle were struck by lightning causing moderate damage to one and minimal damage to the other.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSumter$14,000Sheriff reported trees down on Hwy 261, Livestock Road, and Nazarene Road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSumter$12,000Sumter County Dispatch reported trees and powerlines down in Sumter.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindDalzell$12,000Trees down between Sumter and Rembert at Catchall Rd. and SC 261 and also at Furman Field Rd. and US 521.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMc Bride Corners$12,000Black River Electric Coop reported trees and powerlines down near Maywood Middle School.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSumter$12,000Public reported several trees down and powerlines down. A few telephone poles were broken and there was minor damage to roofs of county buildings.
June 2025Flash FloodStateburg$10,000Sumter Sheriff office reported multiple stalled vehicles over the past hour on Hwy 261 near Raccoon Rd where Beech Creek had flowed out of its banks across the road.
March 2023Flash FloodShannontown$10,000Sumter Co EM provided reports and photos of flooding at a recycling center near Liberty St and Fort St, and flooded and impassable roads near Oswego Hwy (US Hwy 401) and E. Calhoun St in Sumter. Times estimated.
March 2023Flash FloodSumter$10,000Sumter Co EM provided reports and photos of flooded and impassable road, and at least one flooded vehicle, at E. Pike St at Bagnall Dr. Times estimated.
March 2023Flash FloodSumter$10,000Sumter Co EM reported water entered the lobby of a nursing home at 431 N. Main St in Sumter. Times estimated.
October 2016Flash FloodQuints Xrds$10,000Reported numerous roadways in and around the city of Sumter that were closed due to high water. Some of the roads impacted were Brewington Road...Camden Highway...Cook Street...Dingle Street...Liberty Street...Watkins Street and Plowden Mill Road.
October 2016Flash FloodTindal$10,000Reported Nazarene Church Road washed out between Nettkes Road and Poole Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPocalla Spgs$10,000Highway Patrol reported trees down throughout Sumter County.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindTindal$10,000Sheriff reported trees down along Pearson and Old Stone Roads.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindDalzell$10,000Public and Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down around the Dalzell area. The Public reported 47 trees either downed or leaning over in the Kel Sam Farms Subdivision in Dalzell.
February 2012Tornado (EF0)Pinewood$10,000EM and Sheriff conducted a damage survey and found an EF0 tornado took downs some trees and tops out of trees from near Lake Marion to the southwest side of Pinewood. There was no structural damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDalzell$10,000Sheriff and public reported trees down across western Sumter county from Cherryvale area to the Privateer area.
April 2011Hail(Ssc)Shaw Afb Sumter$10,000Sheriff dispatch reported quarter size hail near Broad Street and Cherryhill Drive.
November 2008Tornado (EF0)Pinewood$10,000Storm survey found an EF1 touched down just southwest of Lone Star and continued northeast across Lake Marion into rural Sumter county. Several trees and a few powerlines were down along its path.
November 2008Thunderstorm WindMayesville$10,000Black River Electric Coop reported large limbs and some powerlines down.

Mines and quarries

24 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 24 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 16 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction11
Clay5
Iron5
Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium2
Titanium, Thorium, Iron, Zirconium1
Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, Titanium1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becker Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownTailings
Gum SwampTitanium, Thorium, Iron, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
HoratioIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Wateree RiverIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial (Gravel Bar)
C G Rowland ProspectIronProspect
Francis Moise ProspectIronProspect
H M Mclaurin ProspectIronProspect
Lake Marion MineClayPast Producer
Mingo MineClayProducer
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Victor Moise ProspectIronProspect
Wedgefield MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Wedgefield Waterree PitClayProducer
White's Mill ProspectIronProspect
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Becker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Camden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hagood Sand - Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harvin Sand + Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Hasskamp MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
HoratioSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Smg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sumter Asphalt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every populated place in the county

147

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Sumter County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Sumter, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets and 11 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1944

Mayesville, South Carolina

17 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1915 to 1937

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

32 structures

The vanished settlements of Sumter County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.