Welcome to Auburn ...

So far, we found very little information about Auburn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Auburn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Auburn, please Contact Us.

Auburn would have been located within present day Sebastian County<2>.

The location of Auburn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Auburn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Auburn is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Auburn was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Auburn still existed, it would have been in the (479) area code.

Communities Also Named Auburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 46 communities that are also named Auburn - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming (2).

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

Communities near Auburn ...

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

• Fort Smith
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Smith
  • Fort Smith is located in Sebastian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87,764 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Smith <5>
• Van Buren
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Buren have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
  • Van Buren is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,812 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Buren <5>
• Greenwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
• Alma
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Alma is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <5>
• Barling
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barling
  • Barling is located in Sebastian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,064 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barling <5>
• Pocola
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pocola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocola
  • Pocola is located in Le Flore County (OK)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,153 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocola <5>
• Booneville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
  • Booneville is located in Logan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Booneville <5>
• Charleston
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Charleston is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <5>
• Lavaca
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaca
  • Lavaca is located in Sebastian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavaca <5>
• Arkoma
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkoma
  • Arkoma is located in Le Flore County (OK)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,894 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arkoma <5>

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

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

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

Adding Auburn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Auburn in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Auburn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Auburn post office opened in 1886.

We also found Auburn in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Auburn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sebastian County: www.sebastiancountyonline.com/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/