Founding year: the first Lofall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Lofall’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lofall is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lofall’s overall grade.
Few Washington towns list much on the Register (a typical Washington town has 0.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Lofall’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (27% of Washington towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Lofall’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lofall yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lofall is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lofall had a population of 2,211. A post office called Lofall was established in 1912, and remained in operation until 1934. The post office was named after H. Lofall, the original owner of the land where the post office was. To its east lies Breidablick.
Its first post office opened in 1912. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,289 to 2,211 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Lofall, 1912 to 1937
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Lofall’s history
What year was Lofall founded?
The Lofall post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Lofall rank for history?
Lofall is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Lofall?
7% of Lofall’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.5 points), against a typical 4.3% for a Washington town; the median home was built in 1985.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
