Welcome to Looking Glass ...

So far, we found very little information about Looking Glass. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Looking Glass to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Looking Glass, please Contact Us.

Looking Glass would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

The location of Looking Glass has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Looking Glass is 2,450 feet [747 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Looking Glass is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Looking Glass was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Looking Glass still existed, it would have been in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes.

Websites for Looking Glass ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Looking Glass, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Looking Glass ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Looking Glass - it's located in Nebraska.

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

Communities near Looking Glass ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Looking Glass.

• Elgin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
  • Former names for Elgin:
  • Fish Trap
  • Indian Valley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <6>
• Wallowa
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallowa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallowa
  • Wallowa is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallowa <6>
• Imbler
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbler
  • Imbler is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imbler <6>
• Summerville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Summerville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerville <6>
• Maxville ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Maxville is located in Wallowa County
• Tollgate
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
  • Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
• Promise ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
  • Promise is located in Wallowa County
• Bingham Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Springs
  • Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
• Conley
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
  • Conley is located in Union County
• Evans
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Evans is located in Wallowa County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Looking Glass. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Looking Glass.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Looking Glass. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Looking Glass.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Looking Glass. See our Newspapers Page for Looking Glass.

Adding Looking Glass to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Looking Glass in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Looking Glass was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Looking Glass mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Looking Glass.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/