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Welcome to Toomey ...

Toomey is located in Calcasieu Parish<1>.

Toomey is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Toomey: 337

Communities Also Named Toomey ...

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

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

Communities near Toomey ...

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

  • Sulphur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Orange
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,832 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <3>
  • Bridge City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vinton is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <3>
  • West Orange
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinehurst
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinehurst is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,959 people
  • Edgerly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgerly is located in Calcasieu Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerly
  • Starks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Deweyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lemonville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lemonville is located in Orange County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toomey ...

Looking for more information about Toomey? 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 Toomey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Toomey.

Adding Toomey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Toomey 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 Toomey was mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Toomey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Calcasieu, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toomey - 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.