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Welcome to Lofty ...

Lofty is located in Schuylkill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lofty, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Lofty is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Lofty ...

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

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

Communities near Lofty ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lofty ...

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

Adding Lofty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lofty 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 Lofty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Lofty post office opened in 1885.

We also found Lofty in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lofty.

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

The official website for Schuylkill County: www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Schuylkill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lofty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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