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Welcome to Bonita ...

Bonita is located in Autauga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bonita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Bonita is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bonita lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bonita: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Bonita ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Bonita - they are located in Arizona, California (3), Colorado (2), Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Oregon (2), Texas (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bonita ...

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

  • Selma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Selma is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <4>
  • Valley Grande
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
  • Autaugaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Autaugaville is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autaugaville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • White Hall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • White Hall is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
  • Maplesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Billingsley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Benton is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Jones
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Statesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Statesville is located in Autauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
  • Burnsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnsville is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bonita ...

Looking for more information about Bonita? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bonita, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bonita.

Adding Bonita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bonita 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 Bonita was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bonita post office opened in 1898. The Bonita post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bonita.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Autauga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bonita - 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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Bonita area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Bonita area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/