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Thurston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 294,793. The county seat and largest city is Olympia, the state capital.
Totten Inlet lies in the southern end of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. The inlet extends 9 miles (14 km) southwest from the western end of Squaxin Passage, and much of the county line between Mason and Thurston counties runs down the center of it. A spit extends west for about 300 feet (91 m) from Steamboat Island. The inlet shoals gradually to near Burns Point, 100 feet high, on the south shore, where it bares at low tide.
Eld Inlet is an inlet located at the southern end of Puget Sound in Thurston County, Washington. It is the second southernmost arm of Puget Sound after neighboring Budd Inlet.
Oyster Bay is an inlet in southern Puget Sound which branches off from Totten Inlet. The bay spans Mason and Thurston counties, in the U.S. state of Washington. Kennedy Creek empties into the bay at the U.S. Highway 101 overpass.
Moxlie Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is an Olympian creek originating from artesian springs in Watershed Park. It flows north into the East Bay of Budd Inlet. The creek is piped underground between East Bay and the headwaters, more than one third of its 1.8 mile length. For over 50 years the park groundwater was used to supply the city's drinking water, and waterworks remnants can be seen in the area.
Indian Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a 3-mile Olympian creek. Its source is a wetland along the northern end of South Bay Road. It enters Budd Inlet at East Bay, having first joined with Moxlie Creek. It can most easily be accessed between Boulevard Road and Frederick Road along the Karen Fraser Woodland Trail. American Indian settlements near the creek's course may account for the name.
Dry Fork is a stream in Jefferson, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Plattin Creek.
Beatty Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of McLane Creek.
Ellis Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to Budd Inlet.
McAllister Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to Puget Sound.
McLane Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It enters Puget Sound at the southern end of Mud Bay in Eld Inlet.
Medicine Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to McAllister Creek.
Mill Creek is a stream in Thurston County, Washington. It is a tributary of Mima Creek.
Mima Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to the Black River. The upper course of Mima Creek contains the Mima Falls, a waterfall.
Noski Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to Waddell Creek.
Prairie Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to the Chehalis River.
Salmon Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to the Black River.
Schneider Creek is a stream in Mason and Thurston counties in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to Totten Inlet.
Simmons Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to the Eld Inlet.
Woodland Creek is a stream in Thurston County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary to Henderson Inlet.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kennedy Creek (Totten Inlet tributary)
- 1 2 "Thurston County Place Names: A Heritage Guide" (PDF). Thurston County Historical Commission. 1992. p. 41. Retrieved 28 March 2018.