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Welcome to Luke Chute ...

Luke Chute is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Luke Chute, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Luke Chute is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Luke Chute: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Luke Chute ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Luke Chute ...

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

Adding Luke Chute to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Luke Chute post office opened in 1880. The Luke Chute post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Luke Chute.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Luke Chute - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Luke Chute area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Luke Chute 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/