Welcome to Sunlight ...So far, we found very little information about Sunlight. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sunlight to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunlight, please Contact Us. Sunlight would have been located within present day Stewart County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunlight, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sunlight is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Sunlight was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Sunlight (for example, toward Clayton (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Sunlight was located: 229 Communities Also Named Sunlight ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Sunlight - they are located in Alabama, Missouri, Montana, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunlight. Communities near Sunlight ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sunlight.
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 Sunlight. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sunlight. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sunlight. 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 Sunlight. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunlight. See our Newspapers Page for Sunlight. Adding Sunlight to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sunlight in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sunlight was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunlight. Footnotes ...
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