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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 Sextonville (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 Sextonville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Sextonville is located in Richland County.

To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland County: Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Sauk & Vernon.

Below are the counties that are near Sextonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sextonville:

  • Richland County     (The home county of Sextonville)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.
    • Soldiers Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
    • Bell Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Boydtown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gays Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
    • Steuben
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Dane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.
    • Mazomanie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Mazomanie is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
    • Elvers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Earth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Blue Mounds
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.
    • Muscoda
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Muscoda is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
    • Blue River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blue River is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
    • Montfort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Boscobel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Boscobel is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
    • Preston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Livingston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Livingston is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • Fennimore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Annaton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodman is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
    • Stitzer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Werley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Werley is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
  • Iowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.
    • Avoca
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Avoca is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
    • Helena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Centreville ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Arena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Cassell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cobb
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Edmund
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hyde
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dodgeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
    • Linden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Linden is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Ridgeway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
  • Juneau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.
    • Wonewoc
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • Union Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.
    • Sandusky
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Plain
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Plain is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
    • Spring Green
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Green is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
    • Lime Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Loganville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Leland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ironton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Ironton is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • Denzer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Witwen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • La Valle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Reedsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
    • Rock Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • North Freedom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • North Freedom is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.
    • White City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • White City is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Hillsboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • La Farge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Readstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Readstown is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
    • Liberty
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberty is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Mount Tabor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Trippville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sextonville, see our County-by-County Page for Sextonville.

Cemeteries Near Sextonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sextonville.

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 Sextonville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sextonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sextonville had a population of 71 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sextonville, with the one closest to Sextonville listed first.

  • Twin Bluffs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs
  • Gotham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Gotham is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
  • Ithaca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bear Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Keyesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keyesville is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
  • Avoca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Avoca is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
  • Neptune
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Richland Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Orion is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
  • Balmoral
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Muscoda
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Muscoda is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
  • Buck Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Buck Creek is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Creek
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sandusky
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Loyd
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Loyd is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
    • Basswood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Basswood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sextonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sextonville.

Newspapers Published in Sextonville ...

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 170 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sextonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sextonville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sextonville.

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 Sextonville:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 Sextonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sextonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.