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Welcome to Claunch ...

Claunch is located in Craighead County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Claunch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Claunch is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Claunch: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Claunch ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Claunch - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Claunch ...

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

  • Jonesboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Paragould
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Trumann
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Brookland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Manila
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Manila is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <4>
  • Lake City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bono
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bono is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bono <4>
  • Leachville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <4>
  • Lepanto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Claunch ...

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

Adding Claunch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Claunch post office opened in 1891. The Claunch post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Claunch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Craighead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Claunch - 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 Claunch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Claunch 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/