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Welcome to Mist ...

Mist is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mist, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Mist is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mist lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mist: 503 & 971<3>

Communities Also Named Mist ...

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

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

Communities near Mist ...

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

  • Longview
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,515 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longview <4>
  • Kelso
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Kelso is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <4>
  • Kalama
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kalama is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalama
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,844 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalama <4>
  • Vernonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rainier
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clatskanie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cathlamet
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Prescott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Prescott is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
  • Pittsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pittsburg is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Keasey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Keasey is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mist ...

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

Adding Mist to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mist post office opened in 1888. The Mist post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mist.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mist - 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Mist area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Mist 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/