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Welcome to Dunavant ...

Dunavant is located in Spotsylvania County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dunavant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Dunavant is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dunavant: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Dunavant ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Dunavant - they are located in Alabama and Kansas.

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

Communities near Dunavant ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dunavant ...

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

Adding Dunavant to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dunavant post office opened in 1892. The Dunavant post office closed in 1945.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dunavant.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Spotsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dunavant - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Dunavant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Dunavant 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/