Welcome to Dutton ...

So far, we found very little information about Dutton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dutton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dutton, please Contact Us.

Dutton would have been located within present day Gloucester County<2>.

The location of Dutton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dutton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dutton is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Dutton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Dutton still existed, it would have been in the (804) area code.

Communities Also Named Dutton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Dutton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Manitoba, Michigan, Montana (2), Nevada, Oklahoma and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dutton.

Communities near Dutton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dutton.

• Williamsburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Williamsburg is located in Williamsburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <5>
• West Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
  • West Point is located in King William County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,310 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <5>
• Kilmarnock
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kilmarnock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmarnock
  • Kilmarnock is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kilmarnock <5>
• Urbanna
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanna
  • Urbanna is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbanna <5>
• Irvington
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irvington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
  • Irvington is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvington <5>
• White Stone
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Stone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stone
  • White Stone is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Stone <5>
• Saluda
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saluda
  • Saluda is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saluda <5>
• Ark
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ark
  • Ark is located in Gloucester County
• Locust Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Locust Hill is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Hill <5>
• Mattaponi
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattaponi
  • Mattaponi is located in King and Queen County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mattaponi <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dutton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dutton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dutton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dutton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dutton. See our Newspapers Page for Dutton.

Adding Dutton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dutton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dutton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dutton post office opened in 1903.

We also found Dutton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dutton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Gloucester County: www.co.gloucester.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/