Marrowstone, Washington | |
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Location of Marrowstone, Washington | |
Coordinates: 48°3′30″N122°41′17″W / 48.05833°N 122.68806°W Coordinates: 48°3′30″N122°41′17″W / 48.05833°N 122.68806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Washington |
County | Jefferson |
Area | |
• Total | 6.3 sq mi (16.4 km2) |
• Land | 6.3 sq mi (16.4 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 844 |
• Density | 132.4/sq mi (51.1/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
FIPS code | 53-43762 [1] |
GNIS feature ID | 1852949 [2] |
Marrowstone is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 844 at the 2010 census. All Marrowstone addresses are in Nordland, Washington, and the ZIP code for Marrowstone Island is 98358.
Marrowstone takes its name from Marrowstone Point, the northernmost point on Marrowstone Island. It was given the name "Marrow-Stone Point" in 1792 by the British explorer, George Vancouver, in describing the area's hard, clay-like soil. [3]
A post office called Nordland has been in operation since 1898. [4] The community derives its name from Peter Nordby, the original owner of the town site. [5]
Marrowstone is located at 48°3′30″N122°41′17″W / 48.05833°N 122.68806°W (48.058323, -122.687943). [6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.4 km2), all of it land.
Prominent land features include:
A narrow causeway connects the southwestern end of Marrowstone Island with the southern end of Indian Island. A short bridge joins the western side of Indian Island to the mainland of Jefferson County.
Fort Flagler, a Washington state park, is situated on 784 acres (314 hectares) at the northern end of Marrowstone Island. It overlooks Port Townsend Bay and Admiralty Inlet, the entrance to Puget Sound. Fort Flagler was one of three forts, along with Fort Worden (near Port Townsend) and Fort Casey (on Whidbey Island), that guarded the entrance to Puget Sound. Mystery Bay State Park is another state park on Marrowstone Island, located on 10 acres (4 hectares) of Mystery Bay shorefront about a half-mile north of the Nordland General Store. It is primarily for boaters. Kinney Point State Park comprises 76 acres (310,000 m2) at the south end of the island. Accessible only by boat, it is part of the Cascadia Marine Trail.
Flagler Road (SR 116) runs along the western edge of Marrowstone Island, which is primarily low-lying. East Marrowstone Road runs along the eastern edge of the island, which consists largely of sandy bluffs, with the exception of the area near East Beach.
The Nordland General Store is Marrowstone's only source of groceries. It is arguably the focal point of Marrowstone; on maps the town of Nordland (the address of all Marrowstone residents) is usually located at the site of the Nordland General Store. It can be found just across Flagler Road from Mystery Bay, near the center of Marrowstone Island. It was severely damaged by fire and forced to close in November 2020. [7]
As of the census [1] of 2010, there were 844 people, 432 households, and 260 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 133.5 people per square mile (51.5/km2). There were 611 housing units at an average density of 96.6/sq mi (37.4/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.4% White, 0.4% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population.
There were 432 households, out of which 10.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.95 and the average family size was 2.37.
In the CDP, the population skewed older with 90.5% 18 and over, 46.3% over 62, and 36.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60.5 years. For every 100 males there were 98.1 females.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,533, and the median income for a family was $54,397. Males had a median income of $45,000 versus $26,607 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $31,146. None of the families and 0.0% of the population were living below the poverty line.
For approximately 100 years, Marrowstone has held its annual Strawberry Festival in June. Residents and visitors enjoy strawberry shortcake at the Nordland Garden Club Building. Strawberries were once grown all over Marrowstone and can be found growing wild on the island.
Every Memorial Day weekend, island residents bring their tractors to parade them in front of the Nordland General Store.
The Marrowstone Island Community Association hosts the Strawberry Festival each year. It meets about 7 times throughout the year at the Nordland Garden Club Building.
The Seattle Youth Symphony's Marrowstone Music Festival - now called Marrowstone Summer Music and held on the campus of Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Washington – was held at Fort Flagler on the northern end of Marrowstone Island from 1958 until 1989. Until 1975, it was called the Pacific Northwest Music Camp.
The neo-pagan Aquarian Tabernacle Church performs a modern Eleusinian Mysteries play at Fort Flagler over Easter weekend each year.
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Indian Island is an Unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The whole island is covered by the Marrowstone CDP. It is located between Port Townsend Bay and Kilisut Harbor. Parts also border on Oak Bay and Scow Bay. Until the construction of the Port Townsend Ship Canal Indian Island was connected to the mainland by a broad sand flat and backshore marsh. Indian Island is the location of the Indian Island Naval Reserve, which covers the entire island. No civilian residences are allowed on Indian Island. Indian Island is attached to Marrowstone Island, and is often grouped with it. Indian Island is served by the ZIP code for Nordland. The entire island has a land area of 11.28 km2 and a population of 44 persons as of the 2000 census.
State Route 116 (SR 116) is a 9.83-mile-long (15.82 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving Indian and Marrowstone islands in Jefferson County. The two-lane highway travels east from SR 19 in Port Hadlock-Irondale across the Portage Canal to Indian Island and Marrowstone Island, turning north and ending at the entrance to Fort Flagler State Park. SR 116 was created in 1991 and follows the route of Flagler Road, built and paved in the 1960s.
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