Sumica, Florida

[1] There is also a Southwest Florida Water Management District preserve in the area named for the former logging settlement and mill town.

"Sumica" is an acronym for the French company Société Universelle des Mines, Industrie Commerce et Agriculture.

The company built the town's sawmill and turpentine plant.

[2] Sumica included 50 houses, a commissary, church, and school.

[2] The Kissimmee River Railway, a branch line of the Seaboard Airline Railway served the area with service to Walinwa on Lake Weohyakapka and Nalaca in Highlands County.