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Welcome to Dole ...

Dole is located in Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dole, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Dole is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dole: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Dole ...

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

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

Communities near Dole ...

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

  • Vancouver
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gresham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Gresham is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <4>
  • Camas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Battle Ground
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Troutdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Troutdale is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troutdale <4>
  • Washougal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Ridgefield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Fairview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Fairview is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,450 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <4>
  • Wood Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • La Center
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dole ...

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

Adding Dole to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dole post office opened in 1898. The Dole post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dole.

Footnotes ...

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