Welcome to Loftin ...

Loftin is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loftin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Time Zone: Loftin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Loftin lies within the (417) area code.

Communities Also Named Loftin ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Loftin.

Adding Loftin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Loftin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Loftin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Loftin post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loftin.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/