Tag: Sumpter
Sumpter is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States. The population was 171 at the 2000 census. Sumpter is named after Fort Sumter by its founders.
The community was platted in 1889, becoming a boom town in approximately 1899 with the largest mining town in northeast Oregon.
In 1917, the community was destroyed by a fire.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km), all land.
Sumpter is located on Oregon Route 410 (formerly Oregon Route 220).
As of the census of 2000, there were 171 people, 95 households, and 51 families residing in the city. The population density was 78.4 people per square mile (30.3/km²). There were 215 housing units at an average density of 98.6 per square mile (38.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.49% White, 1.17% Native American, and 2.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population.
There were 95 households out of which 6.3% had children under the…
