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Welcome to Lisbon ...

Lisbon is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lisbon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

Lisbon is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lisbon: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Lisbon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Lisbon - they are located in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Lisbon ...

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

  • El Dorado
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Smackover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Stephens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Norphlet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Norphlet is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norphlet
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
  • Junction City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Junction City is located in Claiborne Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
  • Junction City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Junction City is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
  • Calion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Calion is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 440 people
  • Louann
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Dumas City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dumas City is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
  • Mount Holly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lisbon ...

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

Adding Lisbon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lisbon post office opened in 1847. The Lisbon post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lisbon.

Footnotes ...

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