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Welcome to Mirror Lake ...

Mirror Lake is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mirror Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1944.

A typical abbreviation for Mirror Lake: Mirror Lk.

Mirror Lake is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mirror Lake: 253

Communities Also Named Mirror Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Washington communities named Mirror Lake: This one is located in King County and the other is located in Whatcom County.

Beyond Washington, there are 5 communities that are also named Mirror Lake - they are located in British Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

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

Communities near Mirror Lake ...

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

  • Seattle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Tacoma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
  • Renton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lakewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Burien
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Puyallup
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • University Place
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Des Moines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mirror Lake ...

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

Adding Mirror Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mirror Lake post office opened in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mirror Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mirror Lake - 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/