Sumterville, Alabama
Sumterville, Alabama | |
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Coordinates: 32°42′42″N 88°14′20″W / 32.71167°N 88.23889°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Sumter |
Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
GNIS feature ID | 153610[1] |
Coatopa is an unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama, United States.
History
Sumterville was originally known as Pattons Hill in honor of James W. Patton, who owned the surrounding land. The name was then changed to Sumterville in 1834.[2] At one point, Sumterville was home to an inn, a boys and girls academy, several churches, a dentist, and a drugstore.[3] A post office operated under the name Sumterville from 1836 to 1973.[4]
John Lomax recorded blues musician Rich Brown performing ten of his songs in Sumterville in 1940.[5]
References
- ^ "Sumterville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ "Sumterville Archives". RuralSWAlabama. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Sumter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Catherine A. Stewart (5 February 2016). Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers' Project. University of North Carolina Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4696-2627-7.