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.

• Gilroy
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilroy
  • Gilroy is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,831 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilroy <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Gilroy
  • From Dunneville to Gilroy
• Watsonville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watsonville
  • Watsonville is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,673 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watsonville <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Watsonville
  • From Dunneville to Watsonville
• Morgan Hill
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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  • Morgan Hill is located in Santa Clara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,501 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morgan Hill <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Morgan Hill
  • From Dunneville to Morgan Hill
• Hollister
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
  • Hollister is located in San Benito County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollister <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hollister
  • From Dunneville to Hollister
• San Juan Bautista
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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  • San Juan Bautista is located in San Benito County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,124 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Juan Bautista <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to San Juan Bautista
  • From Dunneville to San Juan Bautista
• Sargent ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sargent
  • From Dunneville to Sargent
• Bell Station
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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  • Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
  • Bell Station has also been known as:
  • Bell's Station
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bell Station
  • From Dunneville to Bell Station
• Ridgemark
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgemark
  • Ridgemark is located in San Benito County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ridgemark
  • From Dunneville to Ridgemark
• River Oaks
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oaks
  • River Oaks is located in San Benito County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to River Oaks
  • From Dunneville to River Oaks
• Tres Pinos
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Pinos
  • Tres Pinos is located in San Benito County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tres Pinos <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tres Pinos
  • From Dunneville to Tres Pinos

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>

X2X - From that list, the Dunneville post office opened in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dunneville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dunneville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Benito County: www.san-benito.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/