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Welcome to Loehr ...

Loehr is located in Saint Louis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loehr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Loehr is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Loehr ...

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

  • Saint Louis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • O'Fallon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • O'Fallon is located in Saint Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,769 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <3>
  • Saint Charles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Saint Peters
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Florissant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Florissant is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
  • Chesterfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wildwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • University City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • University City is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
  • Kirkwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kirkwood is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,866 people
  • Maryland Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Maryland Heights is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,895 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loehr ...

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

Adding Loehr to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Loehr post office opened in 1897. The Loehr post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loehr.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Saint Louis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loehr - 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/