Bunch, Oklahoma Explained

Bunch
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community and Census designated place
Pushpin Map:Oklahoma#USA
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Oklahoma
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Oklahoma
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Adair
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:39.85
Area Land Km2:39.55
Area Water Km2:0.29
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:70
Population Density Km2:1.77
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1024
Coordinates:35.6819°N -94.7461°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:74931
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:40-09900
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2805309
Area Total Sq Mi:15.39
Area Land Sq Mi:15.27
Area Water Sq Mi:0.11
Population Density Sq Mi:4.58

Bunch is an unincorporated community and Census designated place in southwestern Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named after a Cherokee vice-chief named Rabbit Bunch who lived in the area in the 1880s. Nestled in the Sallisaw Creek valley, Bunch is bisected by the Kansas City Southern Railroad, which was built in the 1890s. Bunch is in the Cookson Hills area of eastern Oklahoma which are a part of the western area of the Ozark Mountains. The Cookson Hills Wildlife Management Area is west of the town.[2] Two and one-half miles north of town is Cave Springs Public Schools, a K-12 school which serves Bunch and the surrounding area.

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Popular culture

Bunch is one of the prominent locales referenced in Elmore Leonard's crime novel "The Hot Kid", which takes place in the 1930s.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 20, 2022.
  2. . Adair County, Oklahoma General Highway Map . PDF . 1992 . 2011-10-16 .