Sumter
| Sumter | |
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| Nickname : Gamecock City | |
 Location of Sumter in South Carolina
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1845 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South carolina |
| County : | Sumter County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 55 ′ N , 80 ° 21 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
40,524 (as of 2010) 107,396 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 588.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 69.3 km 2 (approx. 27 mi 2 ) of which 68.9 km 2 (approx. 27 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 52 m |
| Area code : | +1 803 |
| FIPS : | 45-70405 |
| GNIS ID : | 1251074 |
| Website : | www.sumter-sc.com |
| Mayor : | Joseph T. McElveen, Jr. |
Sumter is a city in the US state of South Carolina . The population was 40,524 at the 2010 census . The city acts as the county seat of the eponymous Sumter County . The city is named after General Thomas Sumter .
The city extends over an area of 69.3 km 2 ; 0.4% of this is water surface.
Sumter is home to Shaw Air Force Base . This military facility is the largest employer in the region.
sons and daughters of the town
- Robert Best (1896–1952), journalist and radio propagandist for Großdeutscher Rundfunk
- Justin Bethel (born 1990), American football player
- Lee Brice (born 1979), country singer
- Virginia Capers (1925-2004), actress and singer
- John Gayle (1792-1859), 7th Governor of the US state of Alabama
- Joseph Leonard Goldstein (* 1940), geneticist and Nobel Prize winner
- John J. Monaghan (1856–1935), Bishop of Wilmington
- Bob Montgomery (1919–1998), also known as the Philadelphia Bobcat , boxer
- Mike Pritchard (born 1969), American football player
- Shawn Weatherly (born 1959), actress and beauty queen
- George Stinney (1929–1944), minor victim of justice in a court in the US state of South Carolina