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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>.

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.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Anna was located: 479

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
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Prairie Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Alma
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Alma is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <4>
  • West Fork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mulberry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedarville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Greenland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Greenland is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
  • Dyer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyer is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <4>
  • Mountainburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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 (so far) for Anna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Anna post office opened in 1880. The Anna post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Anna.

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 Anna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Crawford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Anna - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/