Welcome to Sunrise ...So far, we found very little information about Sunrise. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sunrise to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sunrise, please Contact Us. Sunrise would have been located within present day Platte County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sunrise, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sunrise is 4,900 feet [1,494 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Sunrise is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Sunrise was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Sunrise was located: 307 Communities Also Named Sunrise ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Sunrise - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida (3), Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland (3), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Nebraska, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (4), Texas (4), Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunrise. Communities near Sunrise ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sunrise.
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 Sunrise. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sunrise. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sunrise. 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 Sunrise. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunrise. See our Newspapers Page for Sunrise. Adding Sunrise to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sunrise 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 Sunrise was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sunrise. Footnotes ...
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