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Welcome to Bunker Hill ...

Bunker Hill is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bunker Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Bunker Hill is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Bunker Hill: 409

Communities Also Named Bunker Hill ...

While we believe that this Bunker Hill is located in Jasper County, we know of another 3 Texas communities named Bunker Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dallam, Harris and Lamar County.

Beyond Texas, there are 54 communities that are also named Bunker Hill - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (5), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi (3), Missouri (4), Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (4), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (4), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bunker Hill ...

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

  • Lumberton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Vidor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Vidor is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <3>
  • Silsbee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Kirbyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Pine Forest
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
  • Evadale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Texla
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Texla is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texla
  • Call Junction
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Call Junction is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Call Junction
  • Deweyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lemonville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lemonville is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bunker Hill ...

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

Adding Bunker Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bunker Hill in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bunker Hill was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bunker Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bunker Hill - 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.