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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Sumter County, Florida</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="سومتر بؤلگه‌سی، فلوریدا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سومتر بؤلگه‌سی، فلوریدا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_K%C5%ABn_(Florida)" title="Sumter Kūn (Florida) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sumter Kūn (Florida)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%BC%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Съмтър (окръг, Флорида) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Съмтър (окръг, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County,_Florida" title="Sumter County, Florida – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Sumter County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Florida)" title="Sumter County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Florida) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sumter County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Florida)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County,_Florida" title="Sumter County, Florida – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Sumter County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County_(Florida)" title="Sumter County (Florida) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sumter County (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumteri_maakond_(Florida)" title="Sumteri maakond (Florida) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sumteri maakond (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BC%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_(%CE%A6%CE%BB%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1)" title="Κομητεία Σάμτερ (Φλόριντα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Σάμτερ (Φλόριντα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Sumter_(Florida)" title="Condado de Sumter (Florida) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Sumter (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_konderria_(Florida)" title="Sumter konderria (Florida) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sumter konderria (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="شهرستان سومتر، فلوریدا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان سومتر، فلوریدا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Sumter_(Floride)" title="Comté de Sumter (Floride) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Sumter (Floride)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Sumter,_Florida" title="Contae Sumter, Florida – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Sumter, Florida" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="سومتر ٚ شأرستان (فلؤريدا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="سومتر ٚ شأرستان (فلؤريدا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%AC%ED%84%B0%EA%B5%B0_(%ED%94%8C%EB%A1%9C%EB%A6%AC%EB%8B%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="섬터군 (플로리다주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="섬터군 (플로리다주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D5%96%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A1)" title="Սամտեր շրջան (Ֆլորիդա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սամտեր շրջան (Ֆլորիդա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE" title="সামটের কাউন্টি, ফ্লোরিডা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="সামটের কাউন্টি, ফ্লোরিডা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Sumter_(Florida)" title="Contea di Sumter (Florida) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Sumter (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="सम्टर काउंटी, फ्लोरिडा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7)" title="سومتر شهرستان (فلوریدا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="سومتر شهرستان (فلوریدا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_G%C3%B4ng_(Florida)" title="Sumter Gông (Florida) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Sumter Gông (Florida)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County_(Florida)" title="Sumter County (Florida) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sumter County (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%80%E5%B7%9E)" title="サムター郡 (フロリダ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サムター郡 (フロリダ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Самтер (гуо, Флорида) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Самтер (гуо, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County_(Florida)" title="Sumter County (Florida) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Sumter County (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County_(Florida)" title="Sumter County (Florida) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sumter County (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%B9%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="سمٹر کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سمٹر کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County_(Florida)" title="Sumter County (Florida) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Sumter County (Florida)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Sumter_(Floryda)" title="Hrabstwo Sumter (Floryda) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Sumter (Floryda)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Sumter_(Fl%C3%B3rida)" title="Condado de Sumter (Flórida) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Sumter (Flórida)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Sumter,_Florida" title="Comitatul Sumter, Florida – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Sumter, Florida" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Самтер (округ, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumter_County,_Florida" title="Sumter County, Florida – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Sumter County, Florida" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Самтер (округ, Флорида) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Самтер (округ, Флорида)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" 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href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bushnell_Sumter_Cty_Crths01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sumter County Courthouse"><img alt="Sumter County Courthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Bushnell_Sumter_Cty_Crths01.jpg/300px-Bushnell_Sumter_Cty_Crths01.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Bushnell_Sumter_Cty_Crths01.jpg/450px-Bushnell_Sumter_Cty_Crths01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Bushnell_Sumter_Cty_Crths01.jpg/600px-Bushnell_Sumter_Cty_Crths01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2921" data-file-height="2034" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Sumter_County_Courthouse_(Florida)" title="Sumter County Courthouse (Florida)">Sumter County Courthouse</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sumter_County_Fl_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Sumter County"><img alt="Official seal of Sumter County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sumter_County_Fl_Seal.png/100px-Sumter_County_Fl_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="77" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Sumter_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Sumter_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Sumter_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Sumter_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1130" data-file-height="1126" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florida_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Florida's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Florida" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Florida_in_United_States.svg/300px-Florida_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Florida_in_United_States.svg/450px-Florida_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Florida_in_United_States.svg/600px-Florida_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Florida's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sumter_County,_Florida&params=28.71_N_82.08_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°43′N</span> <span class="longitude">82°05′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.71°N 82.08°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.71; -82.08</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">January 8, 1853</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sumter" title="Thomas Sumter">Thomas Sumter</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bushnell,_Florida" title="Bushnell, Florida">Bushnell</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wildwood,_Florida" title="Wildwood, Florida">Wildwood</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">580 sq mi (1,500 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">557 sq mi (1,440 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">33 sq mi (90 km<sup>2</sup>)  5.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">129,752<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">233/sq mi (90/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 11th congressional district">11th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sumtercountyfl.gov/">www<wbr />.sumtercountyfl<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sumter County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Florida" title="Central Florida">central</a> portion of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. As of the 2020 census, the population is 129,752. It has the oldest median age (68.3 years) of any US county<sup id="cite_ref-ASC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the highest percentage of residents aged 65 and older—at 55.6% in 2014–2018 (in 2009–2013).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Bushnell,_Florida" title="Bushnell, Florida">Bushnell</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the largest city is <a href="/wiki/Wildwood,_Florida" title="Wildwood, Florida">Wildwood</a>. Although the community of <a href="/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida" title="The Villages, Florida">The Villages</a> has more residents, it is a part of unincorporated Sumter County. </p><p>Sumter County coincides with the Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Orlando" title="Greater Orlando">Orlando-Lakeland-Deltona, FL Combined Statistical Area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sumter County was created in 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named for General <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sumter" title="Thomas Sumter">Thomas Sumter</a>, a general in the American Revolutionary War.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county in the past, and to this day by some, is nicknamed "Hog County" most likely because it is home to a large population of wild hogs. Hog hunting is still a favorite pastime of locals in the more rural portions of the county.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Although long extremely rural, in recent years Sumter County has sustained an exceptionally large increase in population, almost solely due to the expansion of <a href="/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida" title="The Villages, Florida">The Villages</a> retirement complex, a significant portion of which is in the county. This has dramatically changed the demographics of the county and has brought in significant income. </p><p>Sumter County was affected by the massive <a href="/wiki/2007_Central_Florida_tornadoes" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Central Florida tornadoes">Florida tornado outbreak of February 2, 2007</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> was declared. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 580 square miles (1,500 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 547 square miles (1,420 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 33 square miles (85 km<sup>2</sup>) (5.7%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Wildwood-The Villages, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (<a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">MSA</a>) consists of Sumter County. The <a href="/wiki/Principal_city" title="Principal city">principal cities</a> of the MSA are Wildwood and The Villages. The MSA was first defined in or before 2003 as The Villages, Florida <a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan Statistical Area</a> (μSA) with The Villages as the principal city. The area was designated an MSA in or before 2013. In 2023, Wildwood was added as a principal city and the name of the MSA.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Florida" title="Marion County, Florida">Marion County</a> - north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Florida" title="Lake County, Florida">Lake County</a> - east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Florida" title="Polk County, Florida">Polk County</a> - southeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasco_County,_Florida" title="Pasco County, Florida">Pasco County</a> - southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hernando_County,_Florida" title="Hernando County, Florida">Hernando County</a> - west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citrus_County,_Florida" title="Citrus County, Florida">Citrus County</a> - northwest</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>1,549</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>2,952</td><td></td><td>90.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>4,686</td><td></td><td>58.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>5,363</td><td></td><td>14.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>6,187</td><td></td><td>15.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>6,696</td><td></td><td>8.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>7,851</td><td></td><td>17.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>10,644</td><td></td><td>35.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>11,041</td><td></td><td>3.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>11,330</td><td></td><td>2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>11,869</td><td></td><td>4.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>14,839</td><td></td><td>25.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>24,272</td><td></td><td>63.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>31,577</td><td></td><td>30.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>53,345</td><td></td><td>68.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>93,420</td><td></td><td>75.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>129,752</td><td></td><td>38.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">151,565</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>16.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2019<sup id="cite_ref-QF_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Sumter County racial composition as of 2020</b><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> (NH) </td> <td>77,338 </td> <td>109,213 </td> <td>82.79% </td> <td>84.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> (NH) </td> <td>8,736 </td> <td>8,313 </td> <td>9.35% </td> <td>6.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> (NH) </td> <td>294 </td> <td>311 </td> <td>0.31% </td> <td>0.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> (NH) </td> <td>609 </td> <td>1,238 </td> <td>0.65% </td> <td>0.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> (NH) </td> <td>28 </td> <td>31 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Some Other Race (NH) </td> <td>77 </td> <td>320 </td> <td>0.08% </td> <td>0.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed/Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>756 </td> <td>2,743 </td> <td>0.81% </td> <td>2.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> </td> <td>5,582 </td> <td>7,583 </td> <td>5.98% </td> <td>5.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>93,420</b> </td> <td><b>129,752</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 129,752 people, 59,076 households, and 39,605 families residing in the county. </p><p>As of the census<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 53,345 people, 20,779 households, and 15,043 families residing in the county. The population density was 98 inhabitants per square mile (38/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 25,195 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile (18/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 82.60% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 13.78% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.51% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.41% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.05% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.16% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.49% from two or more races. 6.29% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 20,779 households, out of which 18.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% were non-families. 23.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.62. According to <i>U. S. News & World Report</i> over half the population of Sumter County are now senior citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 16.10% under the age of 18, 5.90% from 18 to 24, 23.30% from 25 to 44, 27.30% from 45 to 64, and 27.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.90 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $32,073, and the median income for a family was $36,999. Males had a median income of $27,346 versus $21,145 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $16,830. About 9.60% of families and 13.70% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 26.00% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over. According to <i>The Daily Commercial</i>, Sumter County's unemployment rate as of March 2009 is 13.2 percent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Law enforcement agency</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Sumter County Sheriff's Office</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">SCSO</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Jurisdictional structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operations jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data">Sumter County, Florida, Florida, <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General nature</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency#locpol" title="Law enforcement agency">Local civilian police</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Operational structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bushnell,_Florida" title="Bushnell, Florida">Bushnell, Florida</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">William O. Farmer, Jr., <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">Sheriff</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #EFEFEF;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sumtercountysheriff.org/">Sumter County Sheriff</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Sumter County Sheriff's Office is accredited by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation, Inc. and recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Accreditation_for_Law_Enforcement_Agencies" title="Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies">Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies</a>. It primarily patrols the unincorporated areas of Sumter County. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Complex,_Coleman" title="Federal Correctional Complex, Coleman">Federal Correctional Complex, Coleman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons" title="Federal Bureau of Prisons">Federal Bureau of Prisons</a> (BOP) is located in the county. </p><p>It includes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Coleman_Low" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Low">Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Low</a> (FCI Coleman Low)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Coleman_Medium" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Medium">Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Medium</a> (FCI Coleman Medium)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary_I,_Coleman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Penitentiary I, Coleman">United States Penitentiary I, Coleman</a> (Coleman USP I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary_II,_Coleman" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Penitentiary II, Coleman">United States Penitentiary II, Coleman</a> (Coleman USP II)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Sumter County, Florida<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2024 United States presidential election in Florida">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">72,134 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.30%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32,551 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.82% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">923 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2020 United States presidential election in Florida">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">62,761 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29,341 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">522 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2016 United States presidential election in Florida">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52,730 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.27%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,638 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.31% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,870 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2012 United States presidential election in Florida">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40,646 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.13%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19,524 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">376 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2008 United States presidential election in Florida">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30,866 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.01%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,655 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.04% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">462 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.94% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2004 United States presidential election in Florida">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">19,800 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.18%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,584 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.38% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">458 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election in Florida">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,127 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.48%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,637 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.29% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">497 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1996 United States presidential election in Florida">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,960 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,017 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>45.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,423 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.73% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1992 United States presidential election in Florida">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,366 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.41% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,027 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>40.77%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,936 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1988 United States presidential election in Florida">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,936 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.98%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,900 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.41% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1984 United States presidential election in Florida">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,255 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>64.37%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,461 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.62% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1980 United States presidential election in Florida">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,671 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.41% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,380 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.98%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">216 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1976 United States presidential election in Florida">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,212 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.20% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,721 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.59%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">157 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1972 United States presidential election in Florida">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,695 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>76.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,107 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22.98% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1968 United States presidential election in Florida">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">910 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,277 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.21% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,879 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>56.83%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1964 United States presidential election in Florida">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,631 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,259 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.07%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1960 United States presidential election in Florida">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,120 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.95% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,279 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.05%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1956 United States presidential election in Florida">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,061 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.30% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,329 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.70%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1952 United States presidential election in Florida">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,054 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.64% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,277 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.36%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1948 United States presidential election in Florida">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">251 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11.66% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,411 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">490 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">22.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1944 United States presidential election in Florida">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">276 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13.06% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,838 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>86.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1940 United States presidential election in Florida">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">253 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.60% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,382 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>90.40%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1936 United States presidential election in Florida">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">734 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,724 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.14%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1932 United States presidential election in Florida">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">276 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11.43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,138 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>88.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1928 United States presidential election in Florida">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,152 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.60%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">909 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.87% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1924 United States presidential election in Florida">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">108 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">481 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">89 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1920 United States presidential election in Florida">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">219 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">921 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>79.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1916 United States presidential election in Florida">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">70 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9.42% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">599 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>80.62%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">74 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1912 United States presidential election in Florida">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3.94% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">417 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.73%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">119 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1908 United States presidential election in Florida">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">62 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.60% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">343 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.72%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">87 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1904 United States presidential election in Florida">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">61 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.20% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">316 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.20%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">123 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1900 United States presidential election in Florida">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">53 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12.62% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">343 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>81.67%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1896 United States presidential election in Florida">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">89 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13.71% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">524 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>80.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1892 United States presidential election in Florida">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">444 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.28%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">305 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">40.72% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Most likely owing to its majority-elderly population, Sumter County has been a Republican stronghold in the 21st century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2008</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railroads">Railroads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Railroads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX</a> operates one rail line within the county. <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> formerly provided passenger rail service to <a href="/wiki/Wildwood_(Amtrak_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildwood (Amtrak station)">Wildwood</a>, but the stop was terminated in late 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Amshack_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amshack-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other lines have existed in the past, most notably one from Coleman southeast towards <a href="/wiki/Auburndale,_Florida" title="Auburndale, Florida">Auburndale</a> in Polk County, part of which includes the <a href="/wiki/General_James_A._Van_Fleet_State_Trail" title="General James A. Van Fleet State Trail">General James A. Van Fleet State Trail</a> in Mabel. Amtrak ran along this line until 1988. Another line ran from Croom in <a href="/wiki/Hernando_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Hernando County">Hernando County</a> to Center Hill. Today, part of it is a Forest Road in <a href="/wiki/Withlacoochee_State_Forest" title="Withlacoochee State Forest">Withlacoochee State Forest</a> north of the Sumter Rest Area on I-75. A fourth one was part of the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Belt_Railway" title="Orange Belt Railway">Orange Belt Railway</a>, which ran from <a href="/wiki/Trilby,_Florida" title="Trilby, Florida">Trilby</a> in Pasco County to <a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Lake_(Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sylvan Lake (Florida)">Sylvan Lake</a> in Seminole County. This runs along the south side of State Road 50 east of Tarrytown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_roads">Major roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Major roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_county_roads_in_Sumter_County,_Florida" title="List of county roads in Sumter County, Florida">List of county roads in Sumter County, Florida</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interstates_and_expressways">Interstates and expressways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Interstates and expressways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/24px-I-75.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/36px-I-75.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/I-75.svg/48px-I-75.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_75_in_Florida" title="Interstate 75 in Florida">I-75</a> (<a href="/wiki/SR_93_(FL)" class="mw-redirect" title="SR 93 (FL)">SR 93</a>) runs north and south across the western and northern part of the county, with interchanges at County Roads 476B & 673(Exit 309), SR 48 (Exit 314) CR 470(Exit 321), Florida's Turnpike(Exit 328), and SR 44(Exit 329).</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Florida%27s_Turnpike_shield.svg/24px-Florida%27s_Turnpike_shield.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Florida%27s_Turnpike_shield.svg/36px-Florida%27s_Turnpike_shield.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Florida%27s_Turnpike_shield.svg/48px-Florida%27s_Turnpike_shield.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_Turnpike" title="Florida's Turnpike">Florida's Turnpike</a> (<a href="/wiki/SR_91_(FL)" class="mw-redirect" title="SR 91 (FL)">SR 91</a>) runs north and south from Southeastern and Central Florida. Only three interchanges exist in the county; US 301 (Exit 304), SR 44 (Exit 307), and at the northern terminus at I-75 (unmarked Exit 309), in Wildwood.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Surface_roads">Surface roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Surface roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_301.svg/30px-US_301.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_301.svg/45px-US_301.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/US_301.svg/60px-US_301.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_301_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 301 in Florida">US 301</a> (<a href="/wiki/SR_35_(FL)" class="mw-redirect" title="SR 35 (FL)">SR 35</a>) is the main local road through Sumter County, running southwest to northeast.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Florida_44.svg/24px-Florida_44.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Florida_44.svg/36px-Florida_44.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Florida_44.svg/48px-Florida_44.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_44" title="Florida State Road 44">SR 44</a> runs east and west through the northern part of the county from Rutland into Lake County.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CR_470_jct.svg/24px-CR_470_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CR_470_jct.svg/36px-CR_470_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CR_470_jct.svg/48px-CR_470_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_470_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 470 (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 470</a>: runs east and west from SR 44 near the Sumter-Citrus County Line along the west side of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Panasoffkee,_Florida" title="Lake Panasoffkee, Florida">Lake Panasoffkee</a>, then briefly joins US 301 in <a href="/wiki/Sumterville,_Florida" title="Sumterville, Florida">Sumterville</a> before heading east again towards Lake County.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/CR_48_jct.svg/24px-CR_48_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/CR_48_jct.svg/36px-CR_48_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/CR_48_jct.svg/48px-CR_48_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_48_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 48 (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 48</a> runs mostly east and west through Central Sumter County. It spans from Floral City in Citrus County to Howey-in-the Hills in Lake County. Until December 2016 the segment in Bushnell between I-75 (Exit 314) and US 301 was designated as a state road. Between the western terminus and US 301, it is also shared by the DeSoto Trail.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/CR_476_jct.svg/24px-CR_476_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/CR_476_jct.svg/36px-CR_476_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/CR_476_jct.svg/48px-CR_476_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_476_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 476 (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 476</a>: East-West Bi-County road running from Nobleton in Hernando County to Webster. The road spans as far west as <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 19 in Florida">US 19</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Chassahowitzka_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge">Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge</a>.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Florida_50.svg/24px-Florida_50.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Florida_50.svg/36px-Florida_50.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Florida_50.svg/48px-Florida_50.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_50" title="Florida State Road 50">SR 50</a> runs east and west across the southern part of the county from <a href="/wiki/Withlacoochee_State_Forest" title="Withlacoochee State Forest">Withlacoochee State Forest</a> in Hernando County through Tarrytown and Mabel before entering Lake County.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Florida_471.svg/30px-Florida_471.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Florida_471.svg/45px-Florida_471.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Florida_471.svg/60px-Florida_471.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Road_471" title="Florida State Road 471">SR 471</a> runs north and south from Polk County north of US 98 into US 301 in Sumterville.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/CR_475_jct.svg/24px-CR_475_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/CR_475_jct.svg/36px-CR_475_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/CR_475_jct.svg/48px-CR_475_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_475_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 475 (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 475</a>: Two north–south roads that were previously one until Interstate 75 was built. One section spans from SR 48 in Bushnell to CR 470 on the southeast corner of Exit 321 on I-75 in Lake Panasoffkee. The other starts at SR 44 in Wildwood west of Exit 329 on I-75 and crosses the Marion County line towards Ocala.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/CR_462_jct.svg/24px-CR_462_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/CR_462_jct.svg/36px-CR_462_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/CR_462_jct.svg/48px-CR_462_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_462_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 462 (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 462</a>: is a west to east rural county road in northern Sumter County.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/CR_466_jct.svg/24px-CR_466_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/CR_466_jct.svg/36px-CR_466_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/CR_466_jct.svg/48px-CR_466_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_466_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 466 (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 466</a>: is a west to east rural county road in northern Sumter County.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/CR_466A_jct.svg/24px-CR_466A_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/CR_466A_jct.svg/36px-CR_466A_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/CR_466A_jct.svg/48px-CR_466A_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_466A_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 466A (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 466A</a>: is a suffixed alternate route of CR 466.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/CR_476A_jct.svg/24px-CR_476A_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/CR_476A_jct.svg/36px-CR_476A_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/CR_476A_jct.svg/48px-CR_476A_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_476A_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 476A (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 476A</a>: is a suffixed alternate route of CR 476 within Busnnell.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/CR_476B_jct.svg/24px-CR_476B_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/CR_476B_jct.svg/36px-CR_476B_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/CR_476B_jct.svg/48px-CR_476B_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_476B_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 476B (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 476B</a>: is a suffixed alternate route of CR 476. It spans northwest from I-75 at Exit 309 to CR 476 west of Bushnell.</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/CR_673_jct.svg/24px-CR_673_jct.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/CR_673_jct.svg/36px-CR_673_jct.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/CR_673_jct.svg/48px-CR_673_jct.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="451" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/County_Road_673_(Sumter_County,_Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="County Road 673 (Sumter County, Florida)">CR 673</a>: is a west to east rural county road in southern Sumter County spanning from I-75 at Exit 309 to US 301 in St. Catherine.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Citrus-Sumter_CR_48_Bridge;_Looking_East(Wynn_Haven).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Citrus-Sumter_CR_48_Bridge%3B_Looking_East%28Wynn_Haven%29.JPG/210px-Citrus-Sumter_CR_48_Bridge%3B_Looking_East%28Wynn_Haven%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Citrus-Sumter_CR_48_Bridge%3B_Looking_East%28Wynn_Haven%29.JPG/315px-Citrus-Sumter_CR_48_Bridge%3B_Looking_East%28Wynn_Haven%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Citrus-Sumter_CR_48_Bridge%3B_Looking_East%28Wynn_Haven%29.JPG/420px-Citrus-Sumter_CR_48_Bridge%3B_Looking_East%28Wynn_Haven%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Entering Sumter County over the <a href="/wiki/Withlacoochee_River_(Florida)" title="Withlacoochee River (Florida)">Withlacoochee River</a> on County Road 48</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scenic_Sumter_Heritage_Byway">Scenic Sumter Heritage Byway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Scenic Sumter Heritage Byway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the cities of Webster and Bushnell, the Sumter County government, businesses, community leaders, veterans’ groups, and individuals worked to have 62 miles of road in Sumter County designated by the state of Florida as a Florida Scenic Byway.<sup id="cite_ref-SSHB_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSHB-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 1, 2010, the Scenic Sumter Heritage Byway was designated a candidate for the Florida Scenic Highway Program.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Scenic Sumter Heritage Byway became the 24th highway to be designated a Florida Scenic Highway by the Florida Department of Transportation in June 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-SSHB_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSHB-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Points of interest along the route include the Dade Battlefield State Historic Site, the Sumter County Farmer's Market, Lake Panasoffkee, the <a href="/wiki/Florida_National_Cemetery" title="Florida National Cemetery">Florida National Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 25, 2014, community leaders, supporters of the byway, and Assistant Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation Brian Blanchard cut the ribbon to the highway at the <a href="/wiki/Dade_Battlefield_State_Historic_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Dade Battlefield State Historic Site">Dade Battlefield State Historic Site</a> in Bushnell.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_Transportation">Public Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Public Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sumter County operates <a href="/wiki/Sumter_County_Transit" title="Sumter County Transit">Sumter County Transit</a>, which operates three fixed-route services, as well as paratransit service.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sumter_District_Schools" title="Sumter District Schools">Sumter District Schools</a> operates district public and private schools in Sumter County. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Villages_Charter_Schools" title="The Villages Charter Schools">The Villages Charter Schools</a> is a K-12 charter school in unincorporated northern Sumter County in <a href="/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida" title="The Villages, Florida">The Villages CDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Children are eligible to attend the charter school if one or both of their parents work for The Villages.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among other schools in the county is South Sumter Middle School, a junior high school for students in grades 6–8, and <a href="/wiki/Lake-Sumter_State_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake-Sumter State College">Lake-Sumter State College</a> has a campus in <a href="/wiki/Sumterville,_Florida" title="Sumterville, Florida">Sumterville</a> that serves the community. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sumter County has five branches serving its community as well as a Lake-Sumter State College campus library that is open to the public. </p> <ul><li>Bushnell Public Library</li> <li>E.C. Rowell Public Library</li> <li>Panasoffkee Community Library</li> <li>Villages Public Library (Belvedere)</li> <li>Villages Public Library (Pinellas Plaza)</li> <li>Lake-Sumter State College Library (Sumterville)</li></ul> <p>The Sumter County Library Services began servicing the Wahoo, Center Hill, Linden, Croom-A-Coochee areas through the county's Library on Wheels program in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Panasoffkee,_Florida" title="Lake Panasoffkee, Florida">Lake Panasoffkee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida" title="The Villages, Florida">The Villages</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_unincorporated_communities">Other unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Sumter_County,_Florida" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, Florida">National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, Florida</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sumter_County,_Florida&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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color:#000033; padding:0.2em 0.5em;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bushnell,_Florida" title="Bushnell, Florida">Bushnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_Hill,_Florida" title="Center Hill, Florida">Center Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman,_Florida" title="Coleman, Florida">Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_Florida" title="Webster, Florida">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildwood,_Florida" title="Wildwood, Florida">Wildwood</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Sumter_County.svg/75px-Map_of_Florida_highlighting_Sumter_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" 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Villages</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FF9C1A; color:#000033; padding:0.2em 0.5em;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamsville,_Sumter_County,_Florida" title="Adamsville, Sumter County, Florida">Adamsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croom-A-Coochee,_Florida" title="Croom-A-Coochee, Florida">Croom-A-Coochee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linden,_Florida" title="Linden, Florida">Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabel,_Florida" title="Mabel, Florida">Mabel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Grove,_Sumter_County,_Florida" title="Oak Grove, Sumter County, Florida">Oak Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Florida" title="Oxford, Florida">Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland,_Florida" title="Rutland, Florida">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Catherine,_Florida" title="St. Catherine, Florida">St. Catherine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumterville,_Florida" title="Sumterville, Florida">Sumterville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarrytown,_Florida" title="Tarrytown, Florida">Tarrytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahoo,_Florida" title="Wahoo, Florida">Wahoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FF9C1A; color:#000033; padding:0.2em 0.5em;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="background:#FF9C1A; color:#000033; padding:0.2em 0.5em;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Florida_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Florida 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