Welcome to Anna ...

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

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

Anna would have been located within present day Crawford County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Anna, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Anna is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Anna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Anna - they are located in Georgia (2), Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas.

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

Communities near Anna ...

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

• Van Buren
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • 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>
• Prairie Grove
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
  • Prairie Grove is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie Grove <5>
• Alma
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • 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>
• West Fork
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
  • West Fork is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,623 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Fork <5>
• Lincoln
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Lincoln is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,473 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <5>
• Mulberry
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Mulberry is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mulberry <5>
• Cedarville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Cedarville is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,409 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedarville <5>
• Greenland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Greenland is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
• Dyer
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Dyer is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <5>
• Mountainburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainburg
  • Mountainburg is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountainburg <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 Anna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Anna.

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

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

Adding Anna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Anna 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 Anna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Anna post office opened in 1880.

We also found Anna on a map titled William Bradley Map (1889).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Anna.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Crawford County: www.crawford-county.org/

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