Bunnlevel, North Carolina

Coordinates: 35°18′36″N 78°46′21″W / 35.31000°N 78.77250°W

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Bunnlevel, North Carolina
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°18′36″N 78°46′21″W / 35.31000°N 78.77250°W / 35.31000; -78.77250
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Harnett
Area ^[1]
• Total	7.59 sq mi (19.66 km²)
• Land	7.56 sq mi (19.58 km²)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.09 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	138 ft (42 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	516
• Density	68.26/sq mi (26.36/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	28323
Area codes	910, 472
FIPS code	37-08880^[3]
GNIS feature ID	2584311^[2]

Bunnlevel is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) along U.S. Highway 401 in Stewarts Creek Township, Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 552 at the 2010 census.^[3] It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

History

Bunnlevel was originally named "Bunn's Level" after a local resident Joseph Bunn who established the first Post Office April 6, 1846. The community was later incorporated in 1921 as "Bunnlevel" but has since been inactive as a municipality. Another incorporation movement here failed in 1961.^[4] Early prominent families included Elliott, McDougald, McNeill, McLean, Walker, Spears, Buie, Bunn, Byrd, Chance, Thomas, Hobbs and Hicks.

Thorbiskope was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[5]

Geography

The community is in southern Harnett County along U.S. Route 401, 7 miles (11 km) south of Lillington, the county seat, and 20 miles (32 km) north of Fayetteville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Bunnlevel CDP has a total area of 7.59 square miles (19.66 km²), of which 7.56 square miles (19.58 km²) are land and 0.03 square miles (0.09 km²), or 0.44%, are water.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	516		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bunnlevel, North Carolina
^ ^a ^b ^c "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Bunnlevel CDP, North Carolina". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
^ Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, p. 75, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Lillington
City	Dunn
Towns	Angier Broadway‡ Coats Erwin Lillington
Townships	Anderson Creek Averasboro Barbecue Black River Buckhorn Duke Grove Hectors Creek Johnsonville Lillington Neills Creek Stewarts Creek Upper Little River
CDPs	Anderson Creek Buies Creek Bunnlevel Mamers Spout Springs
Unincorporated communities	Barbecue Barclaysville Cape Fear Chalybeate Springs Christian Light Cokesbury Duncan Flat Branch Flatwoods Fonville Hairtown Harnett Johnsonville Kipling Luart Olivia Overhills Pineview Rawls Ryes Seminole Shawtown Turlington
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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