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Welcome to Driftwood ...

Driftwood is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Driftwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Driftwood is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Driftwood: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Driftwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Driftwood - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Driftwood ...

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

  • Walnut Ridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hoxie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoxie is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,579 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <4>
  • Cave City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Tuckerman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Swifton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Swifton is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
  • Imboden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Black Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ravenden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Portia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Strawberry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Driftwood ...

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

Adding Driftwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Driftwood post office opened in 1905. The Driftwood post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Driftwood.

Footnotes ...

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