Sumter, SC

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Sumter, SC

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.sumtersc.gov/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.sumterchamber.com/

Population:
39643 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1785 (founded), 1800 (platted), 1845 (incorporated), 1843 (railroad), 1855 (renamed)

County:
Sumter County

Named for Thomas Sumter, shortened in 1855 from Sumterville to Sumter.

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Samuel R. Allen Business c. 1954 CEO of John Deere

Glen Browder Politician 15-Jan-1943 Congressman from Alabama, 1989-97

Jim Clyburn Politician 21-Jul-1940 Congressman, South Carolina 6th

Joseph L. Goldstein Scientist 18-Apr-1940 Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism

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