Kitsap County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 275,611. Its county seat is Port Orchard; its largest city is Bremerton. The county, formed out of King County and Jefferson County on January 16, 1857, is named for Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish Tribe. Originally named Slaughter County, it was soon renamed.
Scandia is a city in Republic County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 344.
Scandia Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 86 at the 2000 census.
Scandia is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,984 at the 2020 census. Scandia is 25 miles northeast of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Poulsbo is a city on Liberty Bay in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is the smallest of the four cities in Kitsap County. The population was 11,970 at the 2020 census and an estimated 10,927 in 2018.
Suquamish is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 4,266 at the 2020 census. Comprising the Port Madison Indian Reservation, it is the burial site of Chief Seattle and was the site of the Suquamish tribe winter longhouse known as the Old Man House.
The Kitsap Peninsula lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound, in Washington state in the Pacific Northwest. Hood Canal separates the peninsula from the Olympic Peninsula on its west side. The peninsula, a.k.a. "Kitsap", encompasses all of Kitsap County except Bainbridge and Blake islands, in addition to the northeastern part of Mason County and the northwestern part of Pierce County. The highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula is Gold Mountain. The U.S. Navy's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Naval Base Kitsap are on the peninsula. Its main city is Bremerton.
Scandia or Scandza is an early name used for the Scandinavian Peninsula by the first cartographers charting northern Europe.
State Route 305 (SR 305) is a 13.50-mile-long (21.73 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, primarily serving Bainbridge Island in Kitsap County and connecting it to Seattle in King County via the Seattle–Bainbridge Island ferry. The highway travels north through Bainbridge Island and leaves the island on the Agate Pass Bridge into the Kitsap Peninsula. SR 305 continues northwest through Poulsbo, intersecting SR 307 and ending at the SR 3 freeway. The highway was created during the 1964 highway renumbering and was preceded by Secondary State Highway 21A (SSH 21A), established in 1937. The ferry, part of the highway since 1994, is served by the Jumbo Mark-II-classMV Tacoma and MV Wenatchee and operates on a 35-minute crossing time.
State Route 307 (SR 307) is a 5.25-mile-long (8.45 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington. The highway, known as Bond Road, travels within Kitsap County between SR 305 in Poulsbo and SR 104 west of Kingston. SR 307 was created in 1991 on the existing Bond Road, which had been paved since the 1950s.
The Port of Poulsbo is a port serving the city of Poulsbo, Washington, United States. It is located in Liberty Bay on Puget Sound. The port includes the Poulsbo Marina, a seaplane mooring, commercial shops, residential housing, the SEA Discovery Center, and Liberty Bay Waterfront Park. The port is part of downtown Poulsbo, also known as "Little Norway".
System Controller Hub (SCH) is a family of Intel microchips employed in chipsets for low-power Atom-based platforms. Its architecture is consistent with the Intel Hub Architecture but combines the traditional northbridge and southbridge functions into a single microchip.
Roth is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is located roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west of Souris. There are less than half a dozen houses at Roth along a loop road, and no businesses or services.
Scandia Township is a civil township in Bottineau County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, its population was 54.
Kitsap Memorial State Park is a 63-acre (25 ha) public recreation area located on Hood Canal, seven miles (11 km) north of Poulsbo in Kitsap County, Washington. The state park offers 1,797 feet (548 m) of shoreline and activities that include picnicking, camping, hiking, scuba diving, fishing, swimming, clamming, crabbing, beachcombing, birdwatching, and field sports.
Hyak was a wooden-hulled steamship that operated on Puget Sound from 1909 to 1941. This vessel should not be confused with the sternwheeler Hyak which ran on the extreme upper reach of the Columbia River at about the same time. The name means "swift" or "fast" in the Chinook Jargon.
Maple Island is an unincorporated community in May Township, Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located west-southwest of Marine on St. Croix near the junction of May Avenue and 155th Street North.
Poulsbo Bread is the name of a proprietary variety of multigrain bread that originated in Poulsbo, Washington, United States, in the 1970s, and which was distributed internationally until the 2000s. The creation of the bread was inspired by a Bible passage. As of 2018 it is sold only at a single retail location in Poulsbo.
Erlands Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 916. Prior to 2020, it was part of the Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake CDP.
Big Scandia Creek is a river in Scandia, Washington. It has a length of 1.62 kilometers including its watershed. It has been known to be a salmon spawning area, and is one of the major creeks in the watershed of Liberty Bay. Summer-time measurements in 2010 revealed a temperature of about 13.5 degrees centigrade and was slightly alkaline – 7.8 pH. The water is mostly shaded but shallow. As a result of Big Scandia Creek's narrow and shallow form, it usually has many rapids and falls along its route. Little Scandia Creek is Big Scandia's sister river. Big Scandia Creek is also the dominating and largest river in Scandia.
