Welcome to Hurricane ...

So far, we found very little information about Hurricane. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hurricane to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hurricane, please Contact Us.

Hurricane would have been located within present day Saline County<2>.

The location of Hurricane has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hurricane, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1860.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hurricane is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Hurricane was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Hurricane once stood is in the (501) area code.

Communities Also Named Hurricane ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Hurricane - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi (3), Missouri (3), New York, North Carolina (2), Tennessee (3), Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Hurricane ...

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

• Little Rock
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Little Rock is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Rock <5>
• North Little Rock
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Little Rock
  • North Little Rock is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,276 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Little Rock <5>
• Benton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Benton is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <5>
• Bryant
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
  • Bryant is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryant <5>
• Sheridan
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Sheridan is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,035 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheridan <5>
• Haskell
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
  • Haskell is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,639 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haskell <5>
• Shannon Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shannon Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
  • Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
• Alexander
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
  • Alexander is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,621 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <5>
• Wrightsville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrightsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
  • Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
• Redfield
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
  • Redfield is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redfield <5>

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

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

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

Adding Hurricane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hurricane 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 for Hurricane was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hurricane post office opened in 1860.

We also found Hurricane in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurricane.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Saline County: www.salinecounty.org/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/