Welcome to Sunset ...
So far, we found very little information about Sunset. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sunset to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunset, please Contact Us.
Sunset would have been located within present day Graham County<2>.
The location of Sunset has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunset, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Sunset is 4,800 feet [1,463 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Sunset is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Sunset was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Sunset would have been located in the (928) area code.
Websites for Sunset ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.graham-chamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sunset, the following might be of interest:
Communities Also Named Sunset ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named Sunset: This one is located in Graham County and the other is located in Navajo County.
Beyond Arizona, there are 51 communities that are also named Sunset - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (3), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana (2), Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (4), Utah, Washington (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunset.
Communities near Sunset ...
We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Sunset.
- Light ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Fort Grant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Grant
- Fort Grant is located in Graham County
- Copper Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Creek
- Copper Creek is located in Pinal County
- Klondyke ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondyke
- Klondyke is located in Graham County
- San Manuel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Manuel
- San Manuel is located in Pinal County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Manuel <6>
- Willcox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox
- Willcox is located in Cochise County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willcox <6>
- Mammoth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Mammoth is located in Pinal County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,717 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mammoth <6>
- North Mammoth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mammoth
- North Mammoth is located in Pinal County
- Willow Canyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Canyon
- Willow Canyon is located in Pima County
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 Sunset. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sunset.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sunset. 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 Sunset.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunset. See our Newspapers Page for Sunset.
Adding Sunset to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sunset 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 for Sunset was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Sunset post office opened in 1917.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunset.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sunset, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Graham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sunset - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |