McCormick, Washington

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McCormick, Washington
Unincorporated community
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McCormick
Coordinates: 46°33′13″N123°19′34″W / 46.55361°N 123.32611°W / 46.55361; -123.32611
Country United States
State Washington
County Lewis
Elevation
 [1] 466 ft (142 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
zip code
98572
Area code 360

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

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The town is west of Pe Ell and 1.8 miles east of the extinct town of Walville, Washington and the Pacific County line. [1] The Willapa Hills Trail bisects the area.

History

The town was built in 1897 around a mill for the McCormick Lumber Company, owned by George and Harry McCormick, which began operations the following year. [2] [3] Located on a branch line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a post office was named after the mill and established around that time, [lower-alpha 1] remaining in operation until 1929. [4] [5] [6] [3] The community's location was situated in forested lands considered to contain the highest quality timber in the county. [3]

The mill was rebuilt after it suffered a near-total loss in 1909. [7] It closed in 1927 as lumber production at the plant had become idle. [8] [9] The town began to be demolished, with materials salvaged by a new owner of the company. [10] A tuberculosis sanitorium was opened in 1935 and closed in 1941. [11] [12]

Considered a ghost town afterwards despite continual habitation, most of the property was bought out beginning in 1954 by George Fraser, a retired tailor from Centralia. [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Various sources differ on the actual year, listing 1896, 1898, or 1899.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCormick, Washington
  2. ↑ "Busy Up West". The Chehalis Bee. Vol. 14, no. 43. March 18, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "McCormick Busy 30 Years". The Daily Chronicle . June 6, 1953. p. 24C. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 154.
  6. ↑ "Lewis County - McCormick". jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com. Lewis Co. WA GenWeb Project.
  7. ↑ "$250,000 Goes Up In Smoke". The Chehalis-Bee Nugget. Vol. 27, no. 3. July 9, 1909. p. 18. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Techers Are Announced For The Pe Ell Schools". The Chehalis-Bee Nugget. August 12, 1927. p. 15. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  9. ↑ McDonald, Julie (January 12, 2018). "Vader Octogenarian Wants Public to See Giant Fir in Pe Ell". The Chronicle. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  10. ↑ "McCormick Mill To Be Dismantled". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 49, no. 13. August 21, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  11. ↑ Fund, Edna (October 29, 2010). "Today in History: Governor Dedicates Sanitarium in 1935". The Chronicle. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  12. ↑ "McCormick Is A Lonely Place". The Centralia Daily Chronicle. August 26, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ill, Retired Tailor Owns Ghost Town". The Daily Chronicle (Centralia). October 5, 1957. p. 7. Retrieved December 14, 2021.


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