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Welcome to Caples ...

Caples is located in Cowlitz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Caples, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Caples is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Caples: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Caples ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Caples - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Caples ...

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

  • Vancouver
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Longview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Battle Ground
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Helens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Helens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helens
    • Saint Helens is located in Columbia County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,071 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Helens <4>
  • Kelso
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
    • Kelso is located in Cowlitz County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <4>
  • Ridgefield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Scappoose
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • La Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kalama
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Vernonia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernonia
    • Vernonia is located in Columbia County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,295 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernonia <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Caples ...

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

Adding Caples to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Caples in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Caples was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Caples post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Caples.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Cowlitz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Caples - 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 Caples area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Caples 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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