Welcome to Chimes ...

Chimes is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Chimes is located in Van Buren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chimes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Chimes is 1,860 feet [567 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Chimes: 501

Communities near Chimes ...

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

• Clinton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clinton is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,506 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <3>
• Marshall
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Marshall is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <3>
• Leslie
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Leslie is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leslie <3>
• Alread
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Alread is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
• Copeland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
• Tilly
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Tilly is located in Pope County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
• Rex
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rex is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
• Witt's Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
• Watts
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Watts is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
• Crabtree
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chimes ...

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

Adding Chimes to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chimes 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 Chimes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Chimes post office opened in 1914. The Chimes post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chimes.