Welcome to Sextonville ...
Sextonville is located in Richland County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sextonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.
Sextonville is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Sextonville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Sextonville: 608 & 353<3>
The ZIP code for Sextonville: 53584<4>
Communities near Sextonville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sextonville.
- Richland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- 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
- Lone Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Highland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cazenovia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Loganville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Sextonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sextonville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sextonville. 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 Sextonville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sextonville. See our Newspapers Page for Sextonville.
Adding Sextonville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sextonville 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 (so far) for Sextonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Sextonville post office opened in 1849.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sextonville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Richland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sextonville - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Sextonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Sextonville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Sextonville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Sextonville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <5> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |