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Welcome to Dabney ...

Dabney is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Dabney is located in Van Buren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dabney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Dabney is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dabney: 501

Communities Also Named Dabney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Dabney - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Dabney ...

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

  • Clinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Hector
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Leslie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Rex
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rex is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
  • Alread
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Alread is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
  • Tilly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tilly is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
  • Copeland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Witt's Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs
  • Crabtree
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Scotland
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Dabney. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dabney.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dabney ...

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

Adding Dabney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dabney post office opened in 1897. The Dabney post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dabney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Van Buren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dabney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/