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Welcome to Loving ...

Loving is located in Le Flore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loving, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Loving is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Loving: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Loving ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Loving - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Loving ...

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

  • Poteau
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Heavener
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mansfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Mansfield is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <4>
  • Wister
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Howe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Howe is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <4>
  • Hartford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartford is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartford <4>
  • Huntington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Huntington is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
  • Midland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Midland is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Cameron
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bates
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bates is located in Scott County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loving ...

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

Adding Loving to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Loving post office opened in 1908. The Loving post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loving.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Le Flore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loving - 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 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Loving area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Loving 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/