Ethel, Lewis County, Washington

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Ethel is an unincorporated community on U.S. Route 12 in east Lewis County, Washington, United States. [1] It is near Salkum.

U.S. Route 12 highway in the United States

U.S. Route 12 is an east–west United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan, for almost 2,500 miles (4,000 km). As a thoroughfare, it has mostly been supplanted by I-90 and I-94, but remains an important road for local and regional travel.

Lewis County, Washington County in the United States

Lewis County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 75,455. The county seat is Chehalis, and its largest city is Centralia. The county was created as Vancouver County on December 19, 1845, by the Provisional Government of Oregon, named for George Vancouver. In 1849, the county name was changed, to honor Meriwether Lewis. At the time, the county included all U.S. lands north of the Cowlitz River, including much of the Puget Sound region and British Columbia.

Salkum is a rural unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States. The town is located on U.S. Route 12 and has a library, post office, grocery store, tavern and a fire department.

A post office called Ethel has been in operation since 1886. [2] Just who the namesake Ethel was remains obscure. [3]

A post office is a public department that provides a customer service to the public and handles their mail needs. Post offices offer mail-related services such as acceptance of letters and parcels; provision of post office boxes; and sale of postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. In addition, many post offices offer additional services: providing and accepting government forms, processing government services and fees, and banking services. The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ethel". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Meany, Edmond S. Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 81.

Coordinates: 46°31′56.8″N122°44′49.4″W / 46.532444°N 122.747056°W / 46.532444; -122.747056

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