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Welcome to Lorah ...

Lorah is located in Cass County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lorah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Lorah is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lorah: 712

Communities Also Named Lorah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lorah - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Lorah ...

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

  • Atlantic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Audubon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Avoca
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Avoca is located in Pottawattamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,537 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <3>
  • Griswold
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Anita
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Exira
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Walnut
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Walnut is located in Pottawattamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
  • Adair
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Elk Horn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lorah ...

Looking for more information about Lorah? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lorah, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lorah.

Adding Lorah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lorah 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 (so far) for Lorah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lorah post office opened in 1880. The Lorah post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lorah.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lorah - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/