Sumter Explained

Sumter may refer to:

People

Given name

• Sumter S. Arnim (1904–1990), American dentist
• Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), United States Army general

Surname

• Rowendy Sumter (born 1988), Curaçaoan footballer
• Shavonda E. Sumter (born 1974), American politician
• Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), brigadier general during the American War of Independence
• Thomas De Lage Sumter (1809–1874), American politician

Places

• Fort Sumter, location of the first shots of the United States Civil War
• Sumter, Georgia
• Sumter, Nebraska
• Sumter, South Carolina
• Sumter National Forest
• Sumter County, Alabama
• Sumter County, Florida
• Sumter County, Georgia
• Sumter County, South Carolina
• Sumter Township, McLeod County, Minnesota

Ships

• CSS Sumter a Confederate Navy vessel in the American Civil War
• , the former CSS General Sumter, a cottonclad ram captured in 1862
• (previously AP-97), an attack transport; formerly Iberville
• , a tank landing ship
• Sumter-class attack transport

See also

• Sumpter (disambiguation)