Denison, Washington

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Denison
Unincorporated community
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Denison
Location within the state of Washington
Coordinates: 47°54′35″N117°26′19″W / 47.90972°N 117.43861°W / 47.90972; -117.43861
Country United States
State Washington
County Spokane
Elevation
1,990 ft (610 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
99006
GNIS feature ID1510912 [1]

Denison is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] The community is located on U.S. Route 395 19 miles due north of Downtown Spokane and about seven miles beyond that city's northern suburban developments. Denison lends its name to two roads in the area, Denison Road and Denison-Chattaroy Road, both of which intersect with Route 395 in the immediate vicinity of Denison. [3] The city of Deer Park is four miles to the north. [3]

Denison is home to a 27-lot residential subdivision known as Denison Estates. [4]

History

This is the earlier location of Buckeye, Washington and a post office by that name operated from 1891-1892 until the Buckeye lumber company moved to area currently known by that name. Confusion emerged amongst workers seeking work at the lumber company, and this area was briefly renamed Pratt (1891-1892). Later, this same site was revived and named Denison with a post office that operated from 1908-1967. This name comes from the maiden name of an early settler's wife. [5] [6]

In the mid-to-late 1990s, Denison was developed into a residential community of single-family homes called Denison Estates. Water for the community was sourced not from Spokane County or nearby Deer Park, but rather the adjacent Stevens County Public Utility District, though that connection to Stevens County did not happen immediately. Instead, the original source of the water for the community was overly-acidic, which led to metal leaching from pipes and caused health problems for the new residents. [7] In 2006, residents brought a lawsuit against the developer of Denison Estates and the construction company that built the homes claiming that they had been misled by the developers about the water source for the development. In March of 2006, after a trial in Spokane County Superior Court, a jury ruled against the residents. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Denison, Washington
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Denison, Washington
  3. 1 2 "Deer Park Quadrangle". usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Clouse, Thomas (March 18, 2006). "Homeowners lose water quality lawsuit". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 67.
  7. ↑ Clouse, Thomas (March 7, 2006). "A bitter taste". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved June 4, 2024.


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