Welcome to Sunset ...So far, we found very little information about Sunset. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sunset to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunset, please Contact Us. Sunset would have been located within present day Pocahontas County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunset, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sunset is 2,370 feet [722 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Sunset is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Sunset was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Sunset was located: 304 & 681<4> Communities Also Named Sunset ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (4), Utah, Washington (3) 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. Adding Sunset to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sunset 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 Sunset was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunset. Footnotes ...
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