Sumterville, Alabama
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. At one point, Sumterville was home to an inn, a boys and girls academy, several churches, a dentist, and a drugstore. A post office operated under the name Sumterville from 1836 to 1973.
John Lomax recorded blues musician Rich Brown performing ten of his songs in Sumterville in 1940.
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 March 5, 2020.
- ^ "Sumter County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- ^ 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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