Sexton, Iowa was a city in Irvington Township, Kossuth County

Kossuth County, Iowa

-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 15,543 in the county, with a population density of . There were 7,486 housing units, of which 6,697 were occupied.-2000 census:...

, Iowa

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, United States

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. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 18

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 and Kossuth CR P60.

The town contained a post office

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 from August 1888 until May 1974.

Today

A few houses and the Sexton elevator are all that remain of Sexton. There is now a census-designated place

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 named Sexton used by the United States Census Bureau

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to count the remaining residents.