Sumner, Florida

Sumner is an unincorporated community in Levy County, Florida, United States.¹ It is located on State Road 24, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Rosewood and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Cedar Key.²

The founding of the community is unknown, however, the local post office opened up for the very first time in 1889. The same post office closed in 1908.³

One of the most important events in the community's history occurred on New Year's Day 1923, a white woman from the community had accused a black man from the neighboring community of Rosewood of assault. After that, people from Sumner went on a manhunt in Rosewood in order to find the alleged criminal. The clashes caused civilian casualties and led to what would be known as the Rosewood massacre.⁴