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Welcome to Bunn ...

Bunn is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bunn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Bunn is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bunn: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Bunn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bunn - they are located in Idaho and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Bunn ...

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

  • Fordyce
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Rison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Leola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingsland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsland is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
  • Thornton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Thornton is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Carthage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carthage is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
  • Ivan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivan is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
  • White Oak Bluff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Staves
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Grapevine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Grapevine is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bunn ...

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

Adding Bunn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bunn post office opened in 1907. The Bunn post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bunn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' 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 Bunn - 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Bunn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Bunn 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/