Cinebar, Washington

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Cinebar, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Cinebar
Coordinates: 46°36′15″N122°31′54″W / 46.60417°N 122.53167°W / 46.60417; -122.53167
Country United States
State Washington
County Lewis
Area
 • Total14.2 sq mi (37 km2)
 • Land14.1 sq mi (37 km2)
 • Water.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation
1,109 ft (338 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total517
 • Density36.5/sq mi (14.1/km2)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98533
Area code 360
GNIS feature ID1517781 [1]

Cinebar is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States. It is located between State Route 508 and U.S. Route 12. Named for the cinnabar present in the mountains to the northeast, [2] Cinebar is a rural area with a post office and fire station on State Route 508. Other communities near Cinebar include Silver Creek, Salkum, Morton, Onalaska, Napavine, Chehalis, and Centralia.

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Parks and recreation

Tilton River State Park, between Cinebar and Morton, is a 102-acre natural area owned by the state. In 2017, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife proposed a project on the site to "provide fishing, river access and wildlife viewing. In the future it could provide a salmonid release site as well as habitat." [3]

Other nearby attractions and points of interest include the Cowlitz River, the Tilton River, Lake Mayfield, Lake Mayfield Park, Mayfield Resort, and Ike Kinswa State Park.

Government and politics

Politics

Presidential Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2020 [4] 74.64%40924.09% 1321.27% 7

Cinebar has historically voted Republican and conservative, similar in voting demographics in respects to other rural areas within Lewis County. As this is an unincorporated community, there are no defined bounds, and the precinct may be incongruous with the census boundaries. [5]

The 2020 election included 6 votes for candidates of the Libertarian Party.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington State Route 508</span>

State Route 508 (SR 508) is a 32.84-mile (52.85 km) long state highway located in Lewis County within the U.S. state of Washington, extending from an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) concurrent with U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in Napavine to SR 7 in Morton. By 1916, a road between Napavine and Cinebar was constructed on the current route of SR 508 and was signed in 1937 as Secondary State Highway 5K (SSH 5K) after being extended to Morton. SSH 5K became SR 508 in 1968 and since then, a segment in Bear Canyon has been reconstructed twice between 2007 and 2009 and a bridge over the Tilton River was reconstructed in 2009.

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Ike Kinswa State Park is a public recreation area on the northern side of Lake Mayfield, located three miles (4.8 km) northwest of Mossyrock in Lewis County, Washington. The state park covers 421 acres (170 ha) that include 46,000 feet (14,000 m) of shoreline mostly along the Tilton River including the point where the Tilton and Cowlitz rivers once merged. The park offers boating, fishing, swimming, waterskiing and windsurfing plus facilities for camping, hiking, and mountain biking, It is managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.

Alpha is an unincorporated community located in Lewis County, Washington. The town rests alongside Washington State Route 508, between Cinebar, 3.5 miles away to the east, and Onalaska to the west.

Silver Creek is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States. Silver Creek is located along U.S. Route 12 near its junction with Washington State Route 122, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Mossyrock. Lake Mayfield is accessible 3.5 miles to the east.

Wilson, also known as Wilson Village, is an unincorporated community located in Lewis County, Washington. The former town is in a rural area in the mid-south region of the county, south of Winston and 7.0 miles (11.3 km) south of Mayfield. Communities and towns around Riffe Lake are 12.0 miles (19.3 km) to the northeast of the area. Wilson is mostly residential in nature.

References

  1. ↑ "Cinebar". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 122. ISBN   978-0-918664-00-6.
  3. ↑ Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (January 17, 2017). "Tilton River State Park - 102 acres" (PDF). WDFW.wa.gov.
  4. ↑ "Lewis County 2020 Election". Results.Vote.WA. Results.Vote.WA. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Lewis County 2019 / 2020 Voter Precincts Maps" (PDF). maps.lewiscountywa.gov. Lewis County Government. Retrieved July 26, 2021.

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