Welcome to Loope ...

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

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

Loope would have been located within present day Alpine County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Loope is 6,180 feet [1,884 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Loope is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Loope was located: 530

Going back to its beginning, Loope was originally named Monitor. For more information about the names of Loope, see The Names of Loope on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Loope ...

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

• Markleeville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markleeville
  • Markleeville is located in Alpine County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Markleeville <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Markleeville
  • From Loope to Markleeville
• Marklee Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marklee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
  • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County
• Topaz Lake
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz Lake
  • Topaz Lake is located in Douglas County (NV)
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Topaz Lake
  • From Loope to Topaz Lake
• Alpine Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
  • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County
• Paynesville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
  • Paynesville is located in Alpine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Paynesville
  • From Loope to Paynesville
• Topaz
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz
  • Topaz is located in Mono County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topaz <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Topaz
  • From Loope to Topaz
• Woodfords
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfords have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
  • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
• Mesa Vista
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Vista
  • Mesa Vista is located in Alpine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mesa Vista
  • From Loope to Mesa Vista
• Coleville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleville
  • Coleville is located in Mono County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coleville <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Coleville
  • From Loope to Coleville
• Sorensens
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
  • Sorensens is located in Alpine County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sorensens
  • From Loope to Sorensens

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

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

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

Adding Loope to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Loope post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loope.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Alpine County: www.co.alpine.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/