Addy, Washington

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Addy, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Addy, Washington
Coordinates: 48°21′22″N117°50′15″W / 48.35611°N 117.83750°W / 48.35611; -117.83750
Country United States
State Washington
County Stevens
Elevation
1,640 ft (500 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
99101
Area code 509
GNIS feature ID1515727 [1]

Addy is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington, United States. It is located on the Colville River and U.S. Route 395 between Colville to the north and Chewelah to the south.

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History

Addy was first settled in 1851 by Magnus Flett, a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) employee, after he retired to the Addy area. [2] [3] Thomas Stensgar retired from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1852 [3] and obtained the first homestead in the area in 1867. [4] Addy was originally a Swiss dairy community. [5] Addy was named in 1890 by E. S. Dudrey, storekeeper and the town's first postmaster, for his wife Adeline, nicknamed Addy. [5] Addy became the stop between Chewelah and Colville on the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway at the end of March 1892. [6] Addy was platted by G. Fatzer in 1893. [7] In 1975, Alcoa built a magnesium smelter, [8] which became the largest employer in the county. In 2001, Alcoa closed the plant due to unfavorable market conditions. [9] The first school was built in 1884 under Stevens County District 11. In 1967, the last Addy school was closed and students were bused to Chewelah. [10] A small town alongside State Route 395, Addy was not tracked by the 2000 U.S. Census, but in the 2010 census the population was 265. The town has one gas station, and a coffee shop. There is one restaurant in town, although several other businesses cater to the primarily agricultural local economy. Addy is assigned the ZIP code 99101.

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Addy has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Addy, Washington
  2. ↑ "Boom Town Tales" . Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Lives Lived West of the Rockies: A biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858 by Bruce Watson
  4. ↑ "IIS7". Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Phillips, James W. (1997). Washington State Place Names (8th ed.). University of Washington Press. p. 4. ISBN   0-295-95498-1.
  6. ↑ Colville Republican newspaper March 25, 1892, Pg 8
  7. ↑ Colville Republican newspaper February 4, 1893, Pg 2
  8. ↑ Historylink.org Stevens County Article
  9. ↑ "Alcoa: News: News Releases: Alcoa Shuts Down Northwest Alloys Magnesium Smelter" . Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  10. ↑ The Last Bell by Alpha Naff, Northeast Washington Genealogical Society 2005, ISBN   0-9705654-1-0
  11. ↑ "Addy, Washington Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)" . Retrieved July 31, 2016.
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