Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Sexton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sexton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of 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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Sexton is located in Giles County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Giles County: Limestone (AL), Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall & Maury.
Below are the counties that are near Sexton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sexton:
- Giles County (The home county of Sexton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Minor Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Stella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Anthony Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anthony Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Hill
- Green Field
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Field is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Field
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bodenham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bodenham is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodenham
- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
- Pulaski
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Weakley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Weakley is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weakley
- Wales
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wales is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
- Aymett Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aymett Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aymett Town
- Elkton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elkton is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Dickson Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dickson Town is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Town
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Appleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Fall River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Liberty Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- Leoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Prospect
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Busby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Busby is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Loretto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rascal Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Lawrenceburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ethridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Westpoint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Cash Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cash Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Dellrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coldwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Boonshill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boonshill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonshill
- Pearl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Hughey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hughey is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey
- Molino
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Cornersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Delina is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delina
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Maury County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Screamer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Screamer is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamer
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Southport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Southport is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
- Wayne County
- Corning ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Ford City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Garner ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Garner is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Davidsons Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Davidsons Cross Roads is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidsons Cross Roads
- Nitrate City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nitrate City is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitrate City
- Wilson Dam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Dam is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Dam
- Leighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Bethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corum ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Estep ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Cedar Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Confluence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Comer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Belew ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Arkdell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Rogersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <1>
- Elgin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Lawrence County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Wheeler Dam Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Red Bank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- North Courtland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- North Courtland is located in Lawrence County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Courtland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Town Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Lester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lentzville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lentzville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentzville
- Pettusville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pettusville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettusville
- Elkmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Hay's Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hay's Mill is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay's Mill
- Estaville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Estaville is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaville
- Ripley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Ardmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Athens is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athens <1>
- Caro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Caro is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Madison County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Elkwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elkwood is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkwood
- Toney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harvest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Madison Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sexton, see our County-by-County Page for Sexton.
Cemeteries Near Sexton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sexton.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sexton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sexton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Dobbins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Noblit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Booth Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oxford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Minor Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gibbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (958 more) ...
- McCravy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lindsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Sexton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sexton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Appleton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Marbuts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marbuts is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbuts
- Minor Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Minor Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Sugar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sugar is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
- Good Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Good Springs is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Stella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stella is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Dustin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dustin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
- Fall River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fall River is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Mount Rozell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Rozell is located in Limestone County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rozell
- Bethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Goodspring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goodspring is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodspring
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lesters
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lesters is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters
- Aspen Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aspen Hill is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Hill
- Pleasant Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sexton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sexton.
Newspapers Published in Sexton ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sexton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sexton, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sexton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sexton:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Giles County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sexton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sexton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |