Welcome to Loring ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loring, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Loring is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Loring lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Loring: 907

Communities Also Named Loring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Loring - they are located in Iowa, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ontario.

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

Communities near Loring ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Loring.

• Ketchikan
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchikan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,187 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ketchikan <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ketchikan
  • From Loring to Ketchikan
• Saxman
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saxman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
• Clover Pass
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Pass
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clover Pass
  • From Loring to Clover Pass
• Ward Cove
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Cove
  • Ward Cove has also been known as:
  • Wacker City
  • Wacker
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward Cove <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ward Cove
  • From Loring to Ward Cove
• Dairy
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dairy
  • From Loring to Dairy
• Yes Bay ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yes Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yes Bay
• Meyers Chuck
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Chuck
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meyers Chuck <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Meyers Chuck
  • From Loring to Meyers Chuck
• Kasaan
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasaan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kasaan <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kasaan
  • From Loring to Kasaan

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Loring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Loring.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loring ...

Looking for more information about Loring? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Loring, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Loring.

Adding Loring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Loring 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 Loring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Loring post office opened in 1885.

We also found Loring on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alaska (1897).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loring.