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Welcome to Burnsville ...

Burnsville is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burnsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841.

Burnsville is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Burnsville: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Burnsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Burnsville - they are located in Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Burnsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near 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 Burnsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burnsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burnsville ...

Looking for more information about Burnsville? 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 Burnsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Burnsville.

Adding Burnsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Burnsville post office opened in 1841. The Burnsville post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burnsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burnsville - 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 Burnsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Burnsville 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/