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Welcome to Sunbury ...

Sunbury is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

Sunbury is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sunbury lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sunbury: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Sunbury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Sunbury - they are located in British Columbia, Georgia, Iowa, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Sunbury ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sunbury ...

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

Adding Sunbury to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sunbury 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 (so far) for Sunbury was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sunbury post office opened in 1840. The Sunbury post office closed in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunbury.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sunbury - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Sunbury area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Sunbury area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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