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Welcome to Burness ...

Burness is located in Fresno County<1>.

Burness is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Burness lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Burness: 559

Communities near Burness ...

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

  • Fresno
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Clovis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sanger
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Reedley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Selma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Selma is located in Fresno County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <3>
  • Parlier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Fowler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Lone Star
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
  • Calwa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calwa
    • Calwa is located in Fresno 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 Burness. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burness.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burness ...

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

Footnotes ...

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