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Welcome to Lone Pine ...

Lone Pine is located in Whitman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Pine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Lone Pine is 2,540 feet [774 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lone Pine is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Lone Pine: 509

Communities Also Named Lone Pine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Washington communities named Lone Pine: This one is located in Whitman County and the other is located in Okanogan County.

Beyond Washington, there are 23 communities that are also named Lone Pine - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas (5), California, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana (2), Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas (3), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lone Pine ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lone Pine ...

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

Adding Lone Pine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lone Pine 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 Lone Pine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lone Pine post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lone Pine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whitman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lone Pine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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