Wildwood west of Exit 329 on I-75 and crosses the Marion County line towards Ocala. County Road 466-A: County Road 466: County Road 462: County Road 476-B: Scenic Sumter Heritage Byway The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the cities of Webster and Bushnell, the Sumter County government, businesses, community leaders, veterans’ groups, and individuals worked to have 62 miles of road in Sumter County designated by the state of Florida as a Florida Scenic Byway. On September 1, 2010, the Scenic Sumter Heritage Byway was designated a candidate for the Florida Scenic Highway Program. The Scenic Sumter Heritage Byway became the 24th highway to be designated a Florida Scenic Highway by the Florida Department of Transportation in June 2013. Points of interest along the route include the Dade Battlefield State Historic Site, the Sumter County Farmer's Market, Lake Panasoffkee, the Florida National Cemetery. On January 25, 2014, community leaders, supporters of the byway, and Assistant Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation Brian Blanchard cut the ribbon to the highway at the Dade Battlefield State Historic Site in Bushnell. Public Transportation Sumter County operates Sumter County Transit, which operates three fixed-route services, as well as paratransit service. Education Sumter District Schools operates district public and private schools in Sumter County. The Villages Charter Schools is a K-12 charter school in unincorporated northern Sumter County in The Villages CDP. Children are eligible to attend the charter school if one or both of their parents work for The Villages. Among other schools in the county is South Sumter Middle School, a junior high school for students in grades 6–8, and Lake-Sumter State College has a campus in Sumterville that serves the community. Libraries Sumter County has five branches serving its community as well as a Lake-Sumter State College campus library that is open to the public. Bushnell Public Library E.C. Rowell Public Library Panasoffkee Community Library Villages Public Library (Belvedere) Villages Public Library (Pinellas Plaza) Lake-Sumter State College Library (Sumterville) The Sumter County Library Services began servicing the Wahoo, Center Hill, Linden, Croom-A-Coochee areas through the county's Library on Wheels program in 2008. Communities Cities Bushnell Center Hill Coleman Webster Wildwood Census-designated places Lake Panasoffkee The Villages Other unincorporated communities Croom-A-Coochee Linden Mabel Oak Grove Orange Home Oxford Royal Rutland St. Catherine Sumterville Tarrytown Wahoo See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, Florida Notes References External links Government