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Welcome to Sunlight ...

Sunlight is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunlight, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Sunlight is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sunlight: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Sunlight ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Sunlight - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, 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.

  • Potosi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bismarck
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ironton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Leadwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Leadwood is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,158 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leadwood <4>
  • Iron Mountain Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Iron Mountain Lake is located in Saint Francois County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Pilot Knob
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Viburnum
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Irondale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Mineral Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mineral Point is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Caledonia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sunlight ...

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

Adding Sunlight to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sunlight 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 Sunlight was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sunlight post office opened in 1885. The Sunlight post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunlight.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sunlight - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Sunlight area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Sunlight 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/