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Welcome to Aloha ...

Aloha is located on the Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula.

Aloha is located in Grays Harbor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Aloha, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Aloha is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Aloha: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Aloha ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Aloha - they are located in Louisiana, Michigan and Oregon.

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

Websites for Aloha ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graysharbor.org/

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

Communities near Aloha ...

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

  • Hoquiam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoquiam
    • Hoquiam is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoquiam <4>
  • Ocean Shores
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Copalis Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Copalis Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ocean City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Axford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axford
    • Axford is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Humptulips
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Taholah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taholah
    • Taholah is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Oyehut
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyehut
    • Oyehut is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Gray Gables
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gray Gables. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
    • Gray Gables is located in Grays Harbor County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Aloha. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aloha.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Aloha ...

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

Adding Aloha to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Aloha post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Aloha.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Grays Harbor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Aloha - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Aloha area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Aloha 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>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/