Sisco, Washington

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

Snohomish County, Washington county in the U.S. state of Washington

Snohomish County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. With an estimated population of 801,633 as of 2017, it is the third-most populous county in Washington, after nearby King and Pierce counties. The county seat and largest city is Everett. The county was created out of Island County on January 14, 1861 and is named for the Snohomish tribe.

U.S. state constituent political entity sharing sovereignty as the United States of America

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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, which is often shortened to Washington.

History

A post office called Sisco was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1918. [2] The community has the name of an early settler. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sisco, Washington
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 272.

Coordinates: 48°07′39″N122°08′14″W / 48.12750°N 122.13722°W / 48.12750; -122.13722

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.