Welcome to Sunflower ...
So far, we found very little information about Sunflower. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sunflower to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunflower, please Contact Us.
Sunflower would have been located within present day Maricopa County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunflower, you might consider that their post office opened in 1943.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Sunflower is 3,400 feet [1,036 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Sunflower is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Sunflower was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Sunflower ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Sunflower - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Kansas (3), Mississippi (2), Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunflower.
Communities near Sunflower ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sunflower.
- Tonto Basin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonto Basin
- Tonto Basin is located in Gila County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tonto Basin <4>
- Jakes Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Corner
- Jakes Corner is located in Gila County
- Deer Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Deer Creek is located in Gila County
- Rio Verde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Verde
- Rio Verde is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Verde <4>
- Rye
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Rye is located in Gila County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <4>
- Fort McDowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort McDowell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
- Fort McDowell is located in Maricopa County
- Gisela
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Fountain Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hills
- Fountain Hills is located in Maricopa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,960 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Hills <4>
- Oxbow Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow Estates
- Oxbow Estates is located in Gila County
- Roosevelt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
- Roosevelt is located in Gila County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roosevelt <4>
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 Sunflower. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sunflower.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sunflower. 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 Sunflower.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunflower. See our Newspapers Page for Sunflower.
Adding Sunflower to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sunflower 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 Sunflower was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Sunflower post office opened in 1943.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunflower.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Maricopa County: www.maricopa.gov/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
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 Sunflower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Maricopa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sunflower - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |