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Welcome to Sunset ...

So far, we found very little information about Sunset. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sunset to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunset, please Contact Us.


Sunset would have been located within present day Navajo County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Sunset, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunset, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

Time Zone: The area where Sunset was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Sunset would have been located in the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Sunset ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named Sunset: This one is located in Navajo County and the other is located in Graham County.

Beyond Arizona, there are 51 communities that are also named Sunset - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (3), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana (2), Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (4), Utah, Washington (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Sunset ...

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

  • Lechee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lechee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lechee
    • Lechee is located in Coconino County
  • Winslow West
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winslow West have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow West
    • Winslow West is located in Coconino County
  • Meteor City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meteor City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor City
    • Meteor City is located in Coconino County
  • Joseph City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sunshine
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Sunshine is located in Coconino County
  • Two Guns ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Guns
    • Two Guns is located in Coconino County
  • Leupp
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Canyon Diablo ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Diablo
    • Canyon Diablo is located in Coconino County
  • Tolani Lake
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolani Lake
    • Tolani Lake is located in Coconino County
  • Dilkon
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dilkon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilkon
    • Dilkon is located in Navajo County

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

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

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

Adding Sunset to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Sunset was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sunset post office opened in 1876.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunset.

The official website for Navajo County: www.co.navajo.az.us/

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 Sunset, 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 Navajo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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