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History · Loon Lake

Loon Lake’s post office opened in 1890, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Loon Lake was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Its Register listing is the Loon Lake School. Below: maps from 1965 on.

1890first post office
1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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How Loon Lake began

When was Loon Lake founded?

1890

The Loon Lake post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 898136 years
Founding year: the first Loon Lake post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Loon Lake’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Loon Lake, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Loon Lake yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Loon Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington, United States. Loon Lake is located on the northern shore of Loon Lake 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Springdale. The community is served by U.S. Route 395 and Washington State Route 292. Loon Lake has a post office with ZIP code 99148.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 783 to 898 (+15%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Loon Lake, 1890 to 1965

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Loon Lake post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1929BuiltLoon Lake School is built
  5. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Loon Lake on the map, 1965 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Loon Lake. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Loon Lake on the 1965 USGS mapLoon Lake on the 1980 USGS map1965Springdale sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Loon Lake.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Loon Lake

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
1992
Loon Lake School
Loon Lake School, built 1929
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Bungalow/Craftsman1
Loon Lake SchoolBungalow/Craftsman · Built 1929

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Loon Lake

Nobody well known was born in Loon Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Sydney SweeneyAmerican actress · b. 1997
John StocktonAmerican basketball player · b. 1962
Chuck JonesAmerican animator and filmmaker · b. 1912
Craig T. NelsonAmerican actor and comedian · b. 1944
Anne McClainAmerican astronaut · b. 1979
Susan PetersAmerican actress · b. 1921
Places that used to be

Old corners

Loon Lake’s post office has been open since 1890.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Loon Lake Acres Mobile Home Park

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Loon Lake’s history

What year was Loon Lake founded?

The Loon Lake post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Loon Lake?

One place: the Loon Lake School (listed 1992).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.