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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sexton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sexton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sexton, please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sexton is historic, it would have been located within present day Surry County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Surry County: Charles City, James City, Prince George, Southampton & Sussex.
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:
- Surry County (The home county of Sexton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Dendron
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carsley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Beachland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Itata
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Surry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Scotland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Claremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Homewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homewood is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Charles City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Charles City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Ruthville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ruthville is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthville
- Kimages
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kimages is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimages
- Roxbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Charles City County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Bermuda Hundred ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bermuda Hundred is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda Hundred
- Screamersville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville
- Braebrook Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Braebrook Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braebrook Village
- Ettrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Heights City
- Colonial Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dinwiddie County
- Rowanta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Clay Bank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Bank is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Bank
- York View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- York View is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York View
- Country Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Country Village is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Crab
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crab is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab
- Gloucester Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ordinary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belroi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belroi is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belroi
- White Marsh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Achilles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Achilles is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achilles
- Hampton City
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Newgate Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Newgate Village is located in Hampton City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newgate Village
- Aberdeen Gardens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Aberdeen Gardens is located in Hampton City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Gardens
- Greenwood Farms
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Farms is located in Hampton City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Farms
- Chapel Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chapel Village is located in Hampton City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Village
- Pine Chapel Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Chapel Village is located in Hampton City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Chapel Village
- Hopewell City
- Hopewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Isle of Wight County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Raynor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Magnet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Rushmere
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rushmere is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmere
- Zuni
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Smithfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Walters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rescue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rescue is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
- Carrsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- James City County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Norge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Newport News City
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Lee Hall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Hall is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hall
- Red Hill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Red Hill Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Village
- Bernard Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bernard Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernard Village
- Newport News
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hilton Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hilton Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Petersburg City
- Petersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Burrowsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Newville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Garysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Derby ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Ivor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Doles Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Doles Crossroads is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles Crossroads
- Black Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Burdette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burdette is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Sedley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sedley is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Sebrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Edgehill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Courtland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cypress Manor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Hunterdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Isaac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Suffolk City
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Chuckatuck
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
- Holland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Oak Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ames Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ames Cove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames Cove
- Bennett Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett Harbor is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Harbor
- Kilby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Driver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Driver is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Manning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Wilroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Shoulders Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
- Suffolk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Wakefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sussex
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Yale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stony Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg City
- Williamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sexton, with the one closest to Sexton listed first.
- Charles Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Charles Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Corner
- Oaktree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oaktree is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree
- Rochambeau Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rochambeau Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochambeau Village
- Barlows Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Barlows Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlows Corner
- Lackey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
- Yorktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dare
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dare is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dare
- Yorkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
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.
- Cypress Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spratley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Booker T Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moores Swamp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wakefield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Swamp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gwaltney Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Briggs / Davis / Johnson Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wier Neck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (169 more) ...
- Waverly Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brittle Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gilfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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.
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.
- Dendron
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Moorings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moorings is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorings
- Carsley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Itata
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Savedge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Savedge is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savedge
- Spring Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ivor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Raynor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Comet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Comet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Highgate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highgate is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Scotland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Claremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Septa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Septa is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Septa
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 12 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Virginia
- Pages specific to Surry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Charles City County
- Chesterfield County
- Colonial Heights City
- Dinwiddie County
- Franklin City
- Gloucester County
- Hampton City
- Hopewell City
- Isle of Wight County
- James City County
- Newport News City
- Petersburg City
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Suffolk City
- Sussex County
- Williamsburg City
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Sexton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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'. |