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Welcome to Pine City ...

So far, we found very little information about Pine City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pine City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pine City, please Contact Us.


Pine City would have been located within present day Whitman County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pine City is 2,050 feet [625 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pine City was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Pine City was located: 509

Communities Also Named Pine City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Pine City - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Pine City ...

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

  • Saint John
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rosalia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Oakesdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Spangle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Malden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Latah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Waverly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waverly is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
  • Lamont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Juno
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Juno is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
  • Spring Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

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

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

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

Adding Pine City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pine City post office opened in 1879. The Pine City post office closed in 1970.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pine City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pine City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/