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Welcome to Sunnyburn ...

Sunnyburn is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunnyburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Sunnyburn is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sunnyburn lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sunnyburn: 717 & 223<3>

Communities near Sunnyburn ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bel Air
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Bel Air is located in Harford County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Air
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,266 people
    • Former names for Bel Air:
    • Belle Air
    • Belle Aire
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bel Air <4>
  • Millersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Red Lion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • New Freedom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dallastown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Shrewsbury
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Strasburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sunnyburn ...

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

Adding Sunnyburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sunnyburn post office opened in 1888. The Sunnyburn post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunnyburn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sunnyburn - 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 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Sunnyburn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Sunnyburn 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/