McCormick, Washington

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McCormick is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]

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.

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Washington (state) State of the United States of America

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

History

A post office called McCormick was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1929. [2] The community was named after H. McCormick, a businessperson in the lumber industry. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCormick, Washington
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 154.

Coordinates: 46°33′13″N123°19′34″W / 46.55361°N 123.32611°W / 46.55361; -123.32611

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