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Welcome to Van Buren ...The city of Van Buren is located in Crawford County<1> and is the County Seat for Crawford County. The location of Van Buren has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Van Buren, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Van Buren has a population of 23,737 people<3> (see below for details). Van Buren is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Van Buren lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Van Buren lies within the (479) area code. The ZIP codes for Van Buren: 72956-72957<5> Websites for Van Buren ...Chamber of Commerce: www.vanburenchamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Van Buren, the following might be of interest: Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Van Buren had an population of 23,737 people. This is an increase of 4.15% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 25.02% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Van Buren had a population of 22,791 people (which is 36.79% of the total population of Crawford County). This makes Van Buren the county's most populous community. The population of Van Buren represents 0.78% of the total population of Arkansas (which has 2,915,918 people), making it the state's 22nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 22,791 people, the population of Van Buren increased 20.04% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 18,986 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Van Buren. Communities Also Named Van Buren ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Van Buren - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), New York (2), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Van Buren. Communities near Van Buren ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Van Buren.
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 Van Buren. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Van Buren. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Van Buren. 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 Van Buren. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Van Buren. Our list includes 22 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Van Buren. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Van Buren ...Looking for more information about Van Buren? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Van Buren, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Van Buren. Adding Van Buren to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Van Buren 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 for Van Buren was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Van Buren in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Van Buren. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Van Buren. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Crawford County: www.crawford-county.org/ The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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