Welcome to the Town of Sumner

The Town of Sumner was established in November of 1858. Its first meeting as a Town was on the first Tuesday in April of 1859. In its earliest years, Sumner was a bustling frontier community with a grist and flour mill, a saw mill, a harness shop and a blacksmith shop.   While the early business disappeared due changes in due to industrialization a fair number of the current residents are proud descendants of original settlers in the area. The names of the Town roads reflect the names of early settlers: Kumlien, Klement, Hammerquist, and Bussey to name a few.  Four lake side communities which started primarily as second homes in the 20s and 30s are now thriving communities with many permanent residents who once were summer visitors, who were drawn to a quieter more rural lifestyle.

As Towns go in Jefferson County, Sumner is the smallest Town in land area, just 17 square miles. Its population at the last Census was 904 people. The geographical features include having the Rock River and Lake Koshkonong on its southern boundary and Koshkonong Creek which passes under Hwy 106 just at the outskirts of Busseyville on its way to Lake Koshkonong. State Highway 106 rambles from the City of Fort Atkinson on the east end of the Town to the county line road of Bingham on the west end. The City of Edgerton is only a few miles further down 106.

Small Sumner may be, but it has a lot to offer those with an eye for quality of life. It is a diverse community that offers things such as hunting, fishing and boating and in the winter unparalleled snowmobiling on the third biggest lake in Wisconsin. There is still a farming and agriculture community with its work ethic and community spirit. There are small farms in Sumner which offer locally raised produce and locally raised beef. And In the present the Town of Sumner continues to offer a rural environment for both living and recreation.

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Date:  May 15, 2013

NOTICE---

2013 Flood Event Emergency Management Update

DEBRIS MANAGEMENT:

    1.  CONTAMINATED SANDBAGS—The Town has made arrangements to have Contaminated Sandbags picked up from the road right of way on

May 31, 2013.

The definition of Contaminated is any bag that has come in contact with the Lake or River waters during the flood event.  Most of the laid bags have not been contaminated and are not considered hazardous waste.

•       Please place contaminated bags (only) at the edge of your road right of way in a manner that makes it easily accessible for equipment to pick the bags up.

    DO NOT PLACE ON THE ROAD!!!

    2.  ALL OTHER SANDBAGS SHOULD BE HANDLED At THE PROPERTY OWNERS DISCRECTION.  Some ideas are as follows:

      a.  Store for next flood event (The bags last for years)

      b.  Gardens

      c.  Sand Boxes

      d.  Shoreland fill for you or your neighbors( Check with Jefferson    County       Zoning for permitting requirements)

      e.  Some of the farmland owners in the area have agreed to have the sand       disbursed on their land if you would like to exercise that option. 

3.  DEBRIS

Burnable debris (brush, tree limbs, sticks etc.), should be burned by the rightful property owner (Burn permits are required) or taken to a brush/compost site of your choice. 

Thank you for your cooperation-            Town of Sumner Emergency Management   

For further information call: 608-884-7925  or  920-650-3652—or -608-295-8291

Updates will be posted as conditions change.

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See "Emergency Management for Sumner" for general information