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Welcome to Sunkist ...

Sunkist is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunkist, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Sunkist is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sunkist: 580

Communities Also Named Sunkist ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sunkist - they are located in California (2) and Mississippi.

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

Communities near Sunkist ...

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

  • Antlers
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bokchito
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Boswell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bennington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Soper
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Caney
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lone Pine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Pine is located in Atoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Farris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Matoy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Matoy is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoy
  • Bentley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bentley is located in Atoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sunkist ...

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

Adding Sunkist to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sunkist post office opened in 1925. The Sunkist post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunkist.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sunkist - 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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