Cora, Washington

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Cora, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Cora
Coordinates: 46°32′09″N121°47′24″W / 46.53583°N 121.79000°W / 46.53583; -121.79000
Country United States
State Washington
County Lewis
Elevation
948 ft (289 [1]  m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
zip code
98377
Area code 360

Cora is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Cora is located off U.S. Route 12, next to the Cowlitz River between the towns of Randle and Packwood.

There is a bridge located in/near Cora named Cora Bridge. [5]

The community shares its names with the nearby Cora Falls, a waterfall near the Nisqually Entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, fed by Cora Lake. [6]

History

Cora was established in 1888 by Levi A. Davis, son of the founder of Claquato, and was either named after Cora Davis, wife of Levi A. Davis Cora Ferguson or Cora M. Ferguson Patterson, Davis's niece. [4] [7] Postal service to Cora and neighboring towns was established in 1890. [8]

A post office was established at Cora on June 11, 1890, and remained in operation until November 30, 1908. [9] [4] A February 1899 record of the Washington House of Representatives noted that the state senate had "passed Senate bill No. 95, entitled 'An act to provide for the establishment of a state road from Cora, or Sulphur Springs, Lewis county, by way of the Cowlitz pass, to a point on the Natchez river, connecting with the wagon road at or near Cowiche, in Yakima county', and had conveyed notice of the passage of this bill to the state house. [10] Sulphur Springs was the original name of what later became the neighboring town of Packwood. Later that month, the House Committee on Appropriations recommended that the project be indefinitely postponed. [11]

Timeline of some of the events that occurred in/around Cora, Lewis County, Washington

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cora, Washington
  2. ↑ "Cora, United States on the map — exact time, time zone, airports nearby". mw.utc.city. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  3. ↑ Cora appears on the Purcell Mountain U.S. Geological Survey Map.
  4. 1 2 3 "Revisiting Washington — Cora". revisitwa.org. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Cora Bridge". Google Maps.
  6. ↑ "Cora Falls, Lewis County, Washington". waterfallsnorthwest.com. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Lewis County - Cora". jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com. Lewis Co. WA GenWeb Project.
  8. ↑ "Mother of All Counties". Lewis County Genealogical Society, quoting Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington: Lewis and Cowlitz Counties".
  9. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ House Journal of the Legislature of the State of Washington (February 11, 1899), p. 348.
  11. ↑ House Journal of the Legislature of the State of Washington (February 23, 1899), p. 530.
  12. ↑ "Drowned In The Cowlitz". Lincoln County Leader . November 26, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Last Of The Year". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. December 21, 1906. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Club Is Reorganized". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 24, 1913. p. 2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  15. ↑ "The County Commissioners". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 22, 1913. pp. 1, 16. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Near Accident At Cora Ferry". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 23, 1916. pp. 3, 19. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Many People Think It Northwestern". The Yakima Herald . August 8, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  18. ↑ "North Coast Part Of C., M. & St. Paul System". The Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, Washington). August 12, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Died". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. November 29, 1901. p. 14. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Cora". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. May 15, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  21. ↑ "Is It The C. & N.W." The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. July 27, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  22. ↑ "Coal Lands Are Involved". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 4, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Cora Postoffice Discontinued". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. November 13, 1908. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  24. ↑ "New Bridge For The Cowlitz". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. December 10, 1915. pp. 1, 9. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  25. ↑ "Two New Auxiliaries". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 14, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  26. ↑ "Surveying At Lewis". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 11, 1922. pp. 2, 27. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  27. ↑ "Lewis Items". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. May 13, 1923. pp. 16, 75. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  28. ↑ "State Grange To Vancouver". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 22, 1923. pp. 10, 27. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  29. ↑ "A Half Million Dollars For Good Roads In Eastern Lewis". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 14, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2024.


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