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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>.

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.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Dutton was located: 804 & 686<4>

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)
  • 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.<6> 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.<6> 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)
  • 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.<6> 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.<6> 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)
  • Freeport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freeport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Freeport is located in Gloucester County
  • 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)

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.<8>

X2X - 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.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Dutton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Gloucester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dutton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Dutton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Dutton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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