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Welcome to Sappho ...

Sappho is located at the north end of the Olympic Peninsula.

Sappho is located in Clallam County<1>.

The pronunciation of Sappho: SA-foh<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sappho, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Sappho is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Sappho: 360 & 564<4>

Communities near Sappho ...

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

  • Forks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • 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 <5>
  • Shuwah
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shuwah is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuwah
  • Clallam Bay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sekiu
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Fairholm
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fairholm is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairholm
  • Twin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
  • Ozette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ozette is located in Clallam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozette
  • La Push
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Oil City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Oil City is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Joyce
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sappho ...

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

Adding Sappho to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sappho 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 Sappho was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sappho post office opened in 1898. The Sappho post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sappho.

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 pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Sappho. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sappho - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Sappho area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Sappho area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/