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