Welcome to Sunset ...Sunset is located in Baker County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunset, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. Sunset is 2,540 feet [774 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Sunset is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Sunset lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Sunset (for example, toward New Meadows (ID)), you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Codes for Sunset: 541 & 458<3> Communities Also Named Sunset ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Sunset: This one is located in Baker County and the other is located in Clackamas County. Beyond Oregon, there are 51 communities that are also named Sunset - they are located in Alabama, Arizona (2), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (3), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana (2), Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (4), Utah, Washington (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunset. Communities near Sunset ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sunset.
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 Sunset. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sunset. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sunset. 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 Sunset. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunset. See our Newspapers Page for Sunset. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sunset ...Looking for more information about Sunset? 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 Sunset, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sunset. Adding Sunset to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sunset 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 Sunset was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunset. Footnotes ...
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