Welcome to Plumlee ...
So far, we found very little information about Plumlee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Plumlee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plumlee, please Contact Us.
Plumlee was located in the Arkansas Ozarks.
Plumlee would have been located within present day Newton County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Plumlee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Plumlee is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Plumlee was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Plumlee was located: 870 & 327<4>
Communities near Plumlee ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plumlee.
- Harrison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefonte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefonte is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Jasper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Western Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Western Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Valley Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Springs is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Ponca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parthenon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boxley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boxley is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
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 Plumlee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plumlee.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plumlee. 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 Plumlee.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Plumlee. See our Newspapers Page for Plumlee.
Adding Plumlee to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Plumlee 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 Plumlee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Plumlee post office opened in 1912. The Plumlee post office closed in 1934.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Plumlee.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Plumlee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plumlee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Plumlee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Plumlee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |