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Welcome to McLoughlin Heights ...

McLoughlin Heights is located in Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McLoughlin Heights, you might consider that their post office opened in 1937.

A typical abbreviation for McLoughlin Heights: McLoughlin Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

McLoughlin Heights is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McLoughlin Heights: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named McLoughlin Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named McLoughlin Heights - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near McLoughlin Heights ...

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

  • Portland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Portland is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 656,751 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <4>
  • Vancouver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hillsboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillsboro is located in Washington County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,985 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsboro <4>
  • Gresham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Beaverton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaverton is located in Washington County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,957 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaverton <4>
  • Tigard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tigard is located in Washington County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,049 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tigard <4>
  • Lake Oswego
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Oregon City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Tualatin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tualatin is located in Clackamas County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tualatin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,481 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tualatin <4>
  • West Linn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • West Linn is located in Clackamas County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Linn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,747 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Linn <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 McLoughlin Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McLoughlin Heights.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McLoughlin Heights ...

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

Adding McLoughlin Heights to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McLoughlin Heights post office opened in 1937. The McLoughlin Heights post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McLoughlin Heights.

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 McLoughlin Heights - 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 McLoughlin Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the McLoughlin Heights 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/