Birchfield, Washington

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Birchfield, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Birchfield, Washington
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Birchfield, Washington
Birchfield, Washington (Washington (state))
Coordinates: 46°34′37″N120°26′04″W / 46.5770717°N 120.4345071°W / 46.5770717; -120.4345071 [1]
Country United States
State Washington
County Yakima
Elevation
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991 ft (302 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98901
Area code 509
GNIS feature ID1510825 [2]

Birchfield is an unincorporated community in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located between Terrace Heights and Moxee.

The community was founded in 1910 by the North Yakima and Valley Railway Company, and was named after a local landowner, W. A. Burchfield. The name later became Birchfield as a result a misspelling resulting from poor penmanship. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Birchfield". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Station Roster Master List: Ashue". Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Washington Place Names database". Tacoma Public Library. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.


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