Sumterville is an unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama, United States.

Sumterville was originally known as Pattons Hill in honor of James W. Patton, who owned the surrounding land.

[2] At one point, Sumterville was home to an inn, a boys and girls academy, several churches, a dentist, and a drugstore.

[4] John Lomax recorded blues musician Rich Brown performing ten of his songs in Sumterville in 1940.

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