Sumterville,_Alabama

Sumterville, Alabama

Sumterville, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

Coatopa is an unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama, United States.

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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

  1. [1]
    "Sumterville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. [3]
    "Sumterville Archives". RuralSWAlabama. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Sumter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  5. [5]
    Catherine A. Stewart (February 5, 2016). Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers' Project. University of North Carolina Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4696-2627-7.


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