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Welcome to Lover ...

Lover is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lover, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Lover is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Lover ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.washcochamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lover, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Lover ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lover ...

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

Adding Lover to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lover post office opened in 1889.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lover - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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