Welcome to Sutton ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sutton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1948.

Sutton is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Sutton lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sutton: 907

The ZIP code for Sutton: 99674<2>

Communities Also Named Sutton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Sutton - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Sutton ...

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

• Palmer
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palmer <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Palmer
  • From Sutton to Palmer
• Buffalo Soapstone
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Soapstone
• Lazy Mountain
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Mountain
• Sutton - Alpine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton - Alpine
• Farm Loop
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Loop
• Fishhook
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhook
• Butte
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
• Chickaloon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickaloon
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chickaloon <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Chickaloon
  • From Sutton to Chickaloon
• Gateway
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
• Lakes
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakes

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sutton ...

Looking for more information about Sutton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sutton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sutton.

Adding Sutton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sutton 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 (so far) for Sutton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sutton post office opened in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sutton.