Welcome to Little Dalles ...

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

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

Little Dalles would have been located within present day Stevens County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Dalles, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Little Dalles is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Little Dalles still existed, it would have been in the (509) area code.

Communities near Little Dalles ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Dalles.

• Trail
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trail <5>
• Rossland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rossland <5>
• Warfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield
• Kettle Falls
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Falls
  • Kettle Falls is located in Stevens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kettle Falls <5>
• Northport
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
  • Northport is located in Stevens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northport <5>
• Marcus
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
  • Marcus is located in Stevens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
• Paterson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson
• Spirit
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit
  • Spirit is located in Stevens County
• Evans
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Evans is located in Stevens County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evans <5>
• Silica
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica

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 Little Dalles. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Dalles.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Dalles. 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 Little Dalles.

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

Adding Little Dalles to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Dalles 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 Little Dalles was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Little Dalles post office opened in 1892.

We also found Little Dalles in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Dalles.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Stevens County: www.co.stevens.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/