Welcome to Lostwood ...

Lostwood is located in Mountrail County<1>.

The location of Lostwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lostwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

Lostwood is 2,360 feet [719 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lostwood is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Lostwood and travel south, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Lostwood lies within the (701) area code.

Communities near Lostwood ...

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

• Stanley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Stanley is located in Mountrail County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,708 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <4>
• Powers Lake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
  • Powers Lake is located in Burke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powers Lake <4>
• Ross
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
  • Ross is located in Mountrail County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <4>
• Palermo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
  • Palermo is located in Mountrail County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palermo <4>
• White Earth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Earth
  • White Earth is located in Mountrail County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Earth <4>
• Niobe
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niobe
  • Niobe is located in Ward County
• Battleview
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleview
  • Battleview is located in Burke County
• Blaisdell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaisdell
  • Blaisdell is located in Mountrail County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blaisdell <4>
• Coulee
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee
  • Coulee is located in Mountrail County
• Kenmare
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenmare have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmare
  • Kenmare is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenmare <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lostwood ...

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

Adding Lostwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lostwood post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lostwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lostwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: www.nd.gov/