RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Arkansas >> Scott County >> PuryearIndex...

Welcome to Puryear ...

Puryear is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Puryear, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Puryear is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Puryear: 479

Communities Also Named Puryear ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Puryear - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Puryear ...

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

  • Mena
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Heavener
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Heavener is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavener
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,299 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heavener <3>
  • Howe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Howe is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <3>
  • Hartford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bates
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bates is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
  • Rich Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rich Mountain is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Mountain
  • Mountain Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Fork is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Fork
  • Petros
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Petros is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
  • Hodgen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hodgen is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgen
    • Former name for Hodgen:
    • Hodgens
    • Hodgen has also been known as:
    • Hodgens Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodgen <3>
  • Monroe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Puryear ...

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

Adding Puryear to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Puryear post office opened in 1915. The Puryear post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Puryear.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Puryear - 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/