Welcome to Looking Glass ...
So far, we found very little information about Looking Glass. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Looking Glass to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Looking Glass, please Contact Us.
Looking Glass would have been located within present day Union County<2>.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Looking Glass is 2,450 feet [747 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Looking Glass is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Looking Glass was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Looking Glass was located: 541 & 458<4>
Communities Also Named Looking Glass ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Looking Glass - it's located in Nebraska.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Looking Glass.
Websites for Looking Glass ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.unioncountychamber.org/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Looking Glass, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Looking Glass ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Looking Glass.
- Elgin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
- Former names for Elgin:
- Fish Trap
- Indian Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
- Wallowa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Imbler
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Summerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maxville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Maxville is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Tollgate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
- Promise ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Promise is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
- Bingham Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Springs
- Conley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Conley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Evans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Evans is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
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 Looking Glass. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Looking Glass.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Looking Glass. 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 Looking Glass.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Looking Glass. See our Newspapers Page for Looking Glass.
Adding Looking Glass to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Looking Glass 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 Looking Glass was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Looking Glass.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Looking Glass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Looking Glass - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Looking Glass area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Looking Glass area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |