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Welcome to Loleta ...

Loleta is located in Elk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loleta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Loleta is 1,340 feet [408 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Loleta: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Loleta ...

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

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

Communities near Loleta ...

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

  • Brookville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Ridgway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Brockway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Strattanville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Corsica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Corsica is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
  • Clarington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilfoyle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
  • Marienville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marienville is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
  • Roses
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Roses is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
  • Hallton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hallton is located in Elk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loleta ...

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

Adding Loleta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Loleta post office opened in 1900. The Loleta post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loleta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Elk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loleta - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Loleta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Loleta 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/