Sussex is a coastal fishing village, near the town of York, around the peninsular, in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone.

The major industry in Sussex is fishing, alongside coal and stone mining.

[citation needed] Sussex was later settled by liberated African American slaves in 1824.

The population of Sussex village is about equally split between the Sherbros and the descendants of the liberated African American slaves known as the Creole.

Sussex was later settled by liberated African American slaves in 1824.