Littell, Washington | |
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![]() Willapa Hills Trail pedestrian bridge, Littell, Washington 2023 | |
Coordinates: 46°38′12″N123°02′07″W / 46.63667°N 123.03528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Lewis |
Elevation | [1] 200 ft (61 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
zip code | 98532 |
Area code | 360 |
Littell is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States, located off Washington State Route 6 between the towns of Adna and Claquato. [1]
The Willapa Hills Trail passes thru the area. [2]
Two versions of who created the town exist. A manager of the Hill Logging Company, Harry J. Syverson, asserted in 1912 to have founded the town [3] however there are sourced claims that a local businessman, Curt Littell, agreed to call the post office under his name in 1902. [4] A post office was moved from the nearby town of Claquato in 1903 and an opera house was built in the town in 1904. [5]
The community was known for its timber production, having two sawmills during its peak at the beginning of the 20th century. Littell grew large enough to contain a school and church, and had a large Japanese population, many of which were employed by the mills. After a destructive fire to one mill in 1911, the second mill closed eventually thereafter and the town began to wane, leaving a few residents. Most of the original buildings and its downtown core are lost. [6]
A pedestrian bridge in Littell was built starting in 2021. The span would allow users of the Willapa Hills Trail to pass over the highway to lessen vehicular accidents. [7] The $3.3 million project [8] was completed in June 2023 and the overpass was named in honor of the community. [9]
Lewis County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 82,149. The county seat is Chehalis, and its largest city is Centralia. Lewis County comprises the Centralia, WA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area.
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