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Welcome to Loray ...

Loray is located in Iredell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loray, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Loray is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Loray lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Loray: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Loray ...

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

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

Communities near Loray ...

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

  • Mooresville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Statesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Newton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Conover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Troutman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylorsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Claremont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cleveland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Catawba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Harmony
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loray ...

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

Adding Loray to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Loray 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 Loray was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Loray post office opened in 1903. The Loray post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loray.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Iredell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loray - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Loray area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Loray area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/