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Welcome to Sissons Corner ...

Sissons Corner is located in Northumberland County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Sissons Corner: Sissons Cor. (or less commonly used: Sissons Crn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Sissons Corner for more information about variations on the name of Sissons Corner.

Sissons Corner is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sissons Corner lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sissons Corner: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Sissons Corner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sissons Corner - it's located in Massachusetts.

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

Communities near Sissons Corner ...

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

  • Warsaw
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Irvington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Rainswood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
  • Lodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lodge is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
  • Blackwells
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
  • Lara
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lara is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
  • Morrisons Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Morrisons Corner is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisons Corner
  • Alfonso
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Alfonso is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfonso
  • Kinsale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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 Sissons Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sissons Corner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sissons Corner. 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 Sissons Corner.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sissons Corner ...

Looking for more information about Sissons Corner? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sissons Corner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sissons Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Northumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sissons Corner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Sissons Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Sissons Corner area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.