Welcome to Lorraine ...

Lorraine is located in Harrison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lorraine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

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

Area Code for Lorraine: 660

Communities Also Named Lorraine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Lorraine - they are located in California, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec (3), Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Adding Lorraine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lorraine in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lorraine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Lorraine post office opened in 1875.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lorraine.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Harrison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/