Dryad, Washington

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Dryad, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Northern Pacific Railroad station, Dryad, Washington, ca. 1915
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Dryad
Coordinates: 46°38′12″N123°15′05″W / 46.63667°N 123.25139°W / 46.63667; -123.25139
Country United States
State Washington
County Lewis
Elevation
 [1] 302 ft (92 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
zip code
98532
Area code 360

Dryad is a rural unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington. The town of Doty is 1.3-miles to the west, with Adna and Ceres to the east, on Washington State Route 6. [1] The Chehalis River bisects the area.

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Etymology

The community was formerly known as Salal. [2] The name Dryad was supplied by Northern Pacific Railway officials around 1890 at the suggestion of Willam C. Albee, who was superintendent of the Pacific Division of the NP. [3] In mythology, a dryad was a wood nymph. Albee figured that a dryad might find itself right at home living in the local fir and cedar trees.

History

Dryad is one of many former lumber towns that sprang up on the Willapa Harbor Line (Chehalis, Washington to South Bend, Washington) of the Northern Pacific Railway. The town was originally located two miles south of the present location. The community moved when the Leudinghaus brothers of Chehalis built a sawmill at the present site in 1902. [2]

The Dryad Community Baptist Church was built in 1903 and has remained open since its construction. [4] Renovations in 2006 were done to the bell tower and roof, with stained glass windows installed in 2018. [5]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Dryad has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [6]

Parks and Recreation

The annual Pe Ell River Run passes through Dryad. Held since 1978, the event consists of entrants buying or building water crafts and floating down the Chehalis River from Pe Ell to Rainbow Falls State Park, which is one mile due east of the town. Riders can float over a slight waterfall that still remains despite severe flooding damage due to the Great Coastal Gale of 2007. [7] [8]

The Willapa Hills Trail passes through the town. [9]

Government and politics

Politics

Presidential Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2020 [10] 75.42%17822.88% 541.69% 4

Dryad has historically voted as favoring the Republican Party and Conservatism. As this is an unincorporated community, there are no defined bounds, and the precinct may be incongruous with the census boundaries.

The 2020 election included 2 votes for candidates of the Libertarian Party.

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington State Route 6</span>

State Route 6 (SR 6) is a 51.37-mile (82.67 km) long state highway in Pacific and Lewis counties in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway, which extends from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in Raymond east to Interstate 5 (I-5), co-signed with US 12, in Chehalis. Major communities located on the highway include Raymond, Pe Ell, Adna and Chehalis. The first state highway that used the current route of SR 6 was State Road 19, established in 1913. State Road 19 became State Road 12 in 1923, which became Primary State Highway 12 (PSH 12) in 1937. In 1964, PSH 12 became SR 6 and since, three minor construction projects have been arranged, only two have been completed.

Doty, Washington is an unincorporated community located 1.3-miles directly west of Dryad and 5 miles east of Pe Ell on Washington State Route 6. As of 2023, approximately 250 people reside in or around Doty, which boasts a general store, post office, fire department, and two churches. Logging and farming are the industries that most of the residents rely on for income.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rainbow Falls State Park</span>

Rainbow Falls State Park is a public recreation area on the Chehalis River one mile east of the town of Dryad, Washington. The state park's 129 acres (52 ha) feature 3,900 feet (1,200 m) of shoreline, the waterfall for which the park is named, and some of the last standing old-growth trees in the Chehalis Valley.

Littell is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States, located off Washington State Route 6 between the towns of Adna and Claquato.

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McCormick is an unincorporated community off Washington State Route 6 in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Washington.

Meskill is an unincorporated community off Washington State Route 6 in Lewis County, Washington. The town is located near Rainbow Falls State Park, and rests between Ceres and Dryad. The Willapa Hills Trail bisects the area.

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The Chehalis, Washington park system is administered by the Chehalis Parks and Recreation Department. Trails that connect Chehalis with locations beyond the city limits are maintained in conjunction with other local jurisdictions, state government agencies, and/or local non-profit groups and volunteers.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willapa Hills Trail</span>

The Willapa Hills Trail is a 56-mile intercounty rail trail in the U.S. state of Washington that is part of the Willapa Hills State Park. Following an east–west route alongside State Route 6, the tract links Chehalis and South Bend, traveling through or near several small towns and parks along the way. Overseen by the Washington State Park System, local cities and towns often maintain areas of the trail within their jurisdictions. The trail is built upon a decommissioned railroad track.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dryad". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Lewis County -Dryad". jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com. Lewis Co., WA GenWeb Project.
  3. ↑ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 115. ISBN   978-0-918664-00-6.
  4. ↑ Keaton, Nancy (March 21, 2017). "These Walls Do Talk – Old Churches Tell the History of Lewis County". LewisTalk. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ McClug, Dian (September 28, 2009). "Transformed by Grace". The Chronicle. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ Climate Summary for Dryad, Washington
  7. ↑ Brown, Alex (April 17, 2018). "Swollen Chehalis Doesn't Impede River Run Revelry". The Chronicle. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  8. ↑ Collucci, Paula (April 13, 2009). "Pe Ell River Runners Hit the Rapids". The Chronicle. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Willapa Hills State Park Trail". parks.state.wa.us. Washington State Parks.
  10. ↑ "Lewis County 2020 Election". Results.Vote.WA. Results.Vote.WA. Retrieved July 21, 2021.


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