Official Name: | Sumner, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Worth |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.59 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.59 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.77 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.77 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 445 |
Population Density Km2: | 96.98 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 251.13 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 31.5111°N -83.7383°W |
Elevation M: | 115 |
Elevation Ft: | 377 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31789 |
Area Code: | 229 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-74432[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0356569[3] |
Sumner is a town in Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 445 in 2020, up from 427 in 2010. It is part of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan statistical area. Sumner High School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sumner is located at 31.5111°N -83.7383°W (31.510979, -83.738315).[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km), all land.
The community was named after John C. "Jack" Sumner, the original owner of the town site.[5] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sumner as a town in 1883.[6]
As of the census of 2000, there were 309 people, 110 households, and 87 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population grew to 445.