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Welcome to Bristol ...

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

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


Bristol would have been located within present day Faulkner County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bristol, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bristol is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Bristol was located: 501

Communities Also Named Bristol ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Bristol - they are located in California (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada (2), New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bristol ...

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

  • Conway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Conway is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <4>
  • Cabot
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cabot is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabot
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,466 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cabot <4>
  • Beebe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenbrier
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ward
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ward is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,486 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <4>
  • Vilonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Austin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Austin is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
  • Wooster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Guy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Guy is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
  • Quitman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Bristol to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bristol post office opened in 1888. The Bristol post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bristol.

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 Bristol, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Faulkner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bristol - 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/