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Nearest Communities to Sexton,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sexton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sexton:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Sexton is located in Kossuth County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kossuth County: Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Faribault (MN) & Martin (MN).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 85 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sexton. Of these communities, 60 are located in counties other than Kossuth County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Sexton (which is Kossuth County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Sexton

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Kossuth County   (where Sexton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.kossuthcounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Kossuth:   Algona
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sexton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sexton.
      • Saint Benedict
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Saint Benedict is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
      • Wesley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Wesley is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
      • Galbraith
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Galbraith is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith
      • Irvington
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Algona
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Hanna
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Hanna is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
      • Hobarton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Hobarton is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobarton
      • Titonka
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Titonka is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Burt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Burt is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Lu Verne
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • German Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Saint Joseph
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Joseph is located in Kossuth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
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        • Lotts Creek
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Creek
        • Bancroft
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Lone Rock
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Whittemore
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
        • Fenton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
        • Lakota
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Lakota is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
        • Gerled
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Seneca
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Ledyard
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Swea City
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Stevens
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Stevens is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
        • Moores Siding ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Moores Siding is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Siding
        • Swea ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Swea is located in Kossuth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swea
  • Emmet County
  • Hancock County
    • County Website:   https://hancockcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Hancock:   Garner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sexton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sexton.
      • Corwith
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Corwith is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
      • Hutchins
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Stilson
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Stilson is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilson
      • Woden
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Denhart
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Denhart is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denhart
      • Britt
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Crystal Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Crystal Lake is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Kanawha
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Duncan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hayfield
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Hayfield is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield
      • Hawley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hawley is located in Hancock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
      • Garner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
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        • Hayfield Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Hayfield Junction is located in Hancock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield Junction
        • Klemme
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Miller
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Miller is located in Hancock County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
        • Goodell
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Humboldt County
  • Palo Alto County
    • County Website:   https://paloaltocounty.iowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Palo Alto:   Emmetsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sexton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sexton.
      • West Bend
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairville
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
      • Rodman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cylinder
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
      • Depew
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Depew is located in Palo Alto County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
      • Emmetsburg
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Pocahontas County
  • Winnebago County
  • Wright County
  • Faribault County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sexton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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