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Sumiton is a city straddling the Walker and Jefferson county line in central Alabama, with the majority of the city lying in eastern Walker County.

Sumiton began after the Civil War as a coal-mining town that grew up around a railroad in the Warrior coal field.

At various times before adopting its present name in 1926, the community was known as Bald Eagle, Commercial, Democrat, and Summit.

Sumiton's name plays on "summit" because the town sits at one of the highest points in Walker County, about 463 feet above sea level.

The first commercial mining venture in Sumiton was the Philip and Moran Mining Company, and coal mining shaped the town's economy for generations.

Sumiton's first post office opened in 1924, and its first public school followed in 1940.

The city of Sumiton was not incorporated until 1952, decades after the mining settlement had taken shape.

The 2020 census counted 2,444 residents in Sumiton living in 1,015 households, with a median age of 44.0 years, across about 5.2 square miles.

Bevill State Community College is located in Sumiton, giving the small city a college campus that draws students from across northwest Alabama.

Sumiton's public school students attend Sumiton Elementary School and Sumiton Middle School, the Bulldogs, in the Walker County school system, and the city also has the private K-12 Sumiton Christian School, home of the Eagles.