Sumpter, Texas


Sumpter is a former town in central Trinity County, Texas, United States. Burials in the cemetery date from 1840. County seat located here in 1854. Town was laid out November 20, 1855 and incorporated in 1862. In 1872 the courthouse and records were destroyed by fire. It was the first county seat of Trinity County, but after the town of Trinity was named the county seat in 1873, Sumpter was gradually abandoned.