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Welcome to Dunneville ...

Dunneville is located in San Benito County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dunneville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

Dunneville is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dunneville: 831

Communities near Dunneville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dunneville ...

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

Adding Dunneville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dunneville post office opened in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dunneville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Benito, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dunneville - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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