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Welcome to Mora ...

Mora is located in Clallam County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Mora is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mora: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Mora ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Mora - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri and New Mexico.

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

Communities near Mora ...

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

  • Forks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Forks is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks <4>
  • Shuwah
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Shuwah is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuwah
  • Oil City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oil City is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Beaver
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ozette
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ozette is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozette
  • Sekiu
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Clallam Bay
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Clearwater
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Clearwater is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
  • Waatch
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Waatch is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waatch
  • Neah Bay
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mora. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mora.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mora ...

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

Adding Mora to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mora post office opened in 1900. The Mora post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mora.

Footnotes ...

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