Bunnlevel is an unincorporated community and census-designated place along U.S. Highway 401 in Stewarts Creek Township, Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 552 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area as defined by the United States Census Bureau.Bunnlevel was originally named "Bunn's Level" after a local resident and was settled around 1904. The community was incorporated in 1921 as "Bunlevel" but has since been inactive as a municipality. Another incorporation movement here failed in 1961. Prominent families included Parker, McDougald, McNeill, McLean, Walker, Spears, Gunn, Chance and Hicks.Thorbiskope was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.The community is in southern Harnett County along U.S. Route 401, 7 miles south of Lillington, the county seat, and 20 miles north of Fayetteville.