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Former communities, mill towns, and rail stations in Lewis County, Washington are composed of once existing neighborhoods, railroad stops, and company towns, especially for mining or timber production.

Former communities

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Agate

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Ainslie

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Ajlune

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Algernon

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Alta Vista

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Banyan

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Baugh

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Bramley

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Bremer

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Brim

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Buckeye

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Bunker

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Bunker, also known as the community of Bunker Creek, was located approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Chehalis and was named after an early settler to the area, the John Bunker family. Bunker was founded soon after the creation of Lewis County. The town received their mail from the Eagleton post office for a brief time and a post office for Bunker was eventually established after a town grew out of a logging camp and after several timber mills of various use were built in Bunker. The town's post office and timber industry reached their end by the early 1920s.[1]

Capitola

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One mile south of Winlock

Carlson

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Cispus

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Located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Randle near Cowlitz Falls, the homestead community was founded and settled by German immigrants. The post office were originally named Rhine, after the river in Germany. The town was renamed to Cispus due to its location on the Cispus River.[2]

Clay

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Cowlitz

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Also known as Cowlitz Corner, it was connected to Winlock by a paved road, Washington State Route 505, in 1921.[3]

Crego

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Eadonia

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Eagleton

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The Eagleton post office briefly served the mail route for residents in Bunker.[1]

Elk Creek

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An informal community of settlers, the settlement began around 1890 and was located on Elk Creek, a tributary of the Chehalis River near Doty. The district spanned into Pacific County. Although open land in the community was sparse, the limited soil was considered fertile and the area was known for plentiful timber. A school was built but Elk Creek began to wane after it was bypassed by a new Northern Pacific rail in favor of Doty. Land claims were sold off to timber companies and the Elk Creek was abandoned. A Milwaukee Railroad line was placed through the old Elk Creek settlement in the 1910s.[4]

Fayette

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Fayette was found by Joel H. Fay and family in 1864 after they settled the area. Located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Adna, the settlement rested near the confluence of Deep Creek and Bunker Creek. A post office began in 1875.[5]

Ferry

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Fulton

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The Fulton post office was located in the home of the namesake of the town, the Fulton family. The office, which was also the site of the local ferry crossing, was destroyed during a flood of the Cowlitz River in 1891 but rebuilt near Rainey Creek. The post office was moved to Kosmos.[6]

Glenavon

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Gleneden

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Grand Prairie

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Greenwood

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Near Wildwood

Guerrier

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Hopewell

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Hurn

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Klaus

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Klaus, Washington 2024

Former community located at Washington State Route 508 and Jackson Highway.

Knab

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Also known as Layton's Prairie.

Knox

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Lacamas

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Ladd

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Ladew

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Lake Creek

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Near Bositfort

Lindberg

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The Lindberg community began after the build of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad. Located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Morton, the town was named after Gus Lindberg, a sawmill owner. Many homes in Lindberg were made of brick, a rarity in the usual mill towns of the era. A post office was established but closed around 1923.[7]

Lone Trail

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Lost Valley

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A neighborhood west of Bositfort.[8]

Meadow Brook

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Menefee

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Montgreen

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Murnen

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Old Salkum

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Osborn

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Also known as Osburn. Post office discontinued in April 1896.[9]

Oxley

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Phillips

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Rankin

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Reynolds

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Riley

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Roosevelt

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Salal

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Sharon

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Sharon was located near the Newaukum River, approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Chehalis. The community was noted by a murder of a rancher, unnoticed for a month, in 1904.[10]

Shoestring

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Siler

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Silver Brook

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Skookumchuck

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Spruce

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Staverbrook

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Sterling

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Stillwater

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Tildon

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Vance

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Veness

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Verndale

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Wabash

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Webster

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Windom

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Woodland

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Company towns or settlements

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Camp McDonald

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Murnan

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Rail stations

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Black's Station

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A 140 foot (43 metres) bridge over the Chehalis River was built at Black's Station beginning in 1901.[11]

Blakeslee Junction

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Millburn

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Rail marker for Milburn, Washington

An abandoned rail station located between Adna and Ruth off State Route 6. The Willapa Hills Trail courses nearby.

Nulls Crossing

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Ruth, Washington

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Ruth, also known as Ruth Station, was a loading station on the Milwaukee line of the Northern Pacific Railway that ran parallel to the Ocean Beach Highway between Chehalis and South Bend, Washington. Timber from nearby sawmills and logging communities would be shipped from Ruth to Pacific coast ports or to the Puget Sound region.[12][13][14] The rail station no longer exists.[15]

Ruth, Washington
 
 
Ruth
 
 
Ruth
Coordinates: 46°36′28″N 123°07′11″W / 46.60766535060344°N 123.1198140174591°W / 46.60766535060344; -123.1198140174591
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyLewis
Elevation
276 ft (84 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98532
Area code360
GNIS feature ID1511281[16]


Ruth, Washington (also known as Ruth Station, Washington) is an extinct town and was a loading station on the Milwaukee line[17] of the Northern Pacific Railway that ran parallel to the Ocean Beach Highway. It was 10 miles west ot Chehalis in west central Lewis County at an elevation of 264 feet on the Chehalis River.[18] Timber from nearby sawmills and logging communities would be shipped from Ruth to Pacific coast ports or to the Puget Sound region.[19][20]

Ruth, and surrounding communities, saw infrastructure improvements in the mid-1920s and in the 1930s. A steel bridge on the highway, with new pavement, was competed in 1926[21][22] and a new spur, using old railroad ties, were added in 1930.[23] Weyerhauser planned a new rail line connecting the timber areas near Ryderwood to Ruth in 1935.[24] The following year, the tracks at Ruth were sold to Chehalis Western Railroad.[25]

A swim party in the Chehalis River with fatalities was reported as happening near Ruth in 1930.[26]

The rail station no longer exists.[27]

Sources

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  • "Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved July 14, 2023.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bunker Town Is Long Faded". The Daily Chronicle. June 6, 1953. p. 24C. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "Rhine After German River". June 6, 1953. p. 3D. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Roland, Mitchell (June 12, 2024). "Winlock Egg Days Festival gets cracking Friday through Sunday". The Chronicle.
  4. ^ "Elk Creek Attracted Early-Day Settlers". The Daily Chronicle. June 6, 1953. p. 24C. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "Pioneer Family of Fay Came to Adna District in 1864; Fayette Postoffice". The Daily Chronicle. June 6, 1953. p. 25C. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  6. ^ "PO at Fulton Washed Away". The Daily Chronicle. June 6, 1953. p. 10D. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Brick Houses In Lindberg". The Daily Chronicle. June 6, 1953. p. 2D. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  8. ^ "A Sad Accident". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 24, 1902. p. 17. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Washington Postoffices". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. April 27, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "Slugged To Death". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 14, 1903. p. 15. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "News Of This And Neighboring States - Washington". Hood River Glacier. January 18, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  12. ^ "Wildwood Notes". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 34, no. 50. May 18, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  13. ^ "State Bridge To Replace Wye". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 43, no. 1. June 5, 1925. p. 15. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. ^ "Plenty of Sawmills". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 40, no. 50. May 18, 1923. p. 16. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  15. ^ Nicholls, Julia (January 14, 2006). "Exhibit tracks rail history". The Daily Chronicle. p. D5. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  16. ^ "Ruth". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  17. ^ "H.A. Wilson Starts Logging At Wildwood". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 11, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  18. ^ Landes, Henry (1919). Bulletin 17. A Geographic Dictionary of Washington (PDF). Frank M. Lamborn ~ Public Printer, Olympia, Washington. p. 264.
  19. ^ "Wildwood Notes". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 34, no. 50. May 18, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  20. ^ "Plenty of Sawmills". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 40, no. 50. May 18, 1923. p. 16. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  21. ^ "Onalaska Road Bid Is Called". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 2, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  22. ^ "Onalaska Job Is Let Friday". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. April 30, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  23. ^ "Milwaukee Ships Several Cars Of Ties This Week". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. December 19, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  24. ^ "Weyerhauser Is Planning Railroad, Says Rumor". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. October 11, 1935. p. 3. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  25. ^ "New Railroad Is Incorporated By Tacoma Interests". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. March 6, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  26. ^ "Double Drowning Near Ruth Tuesday Evening". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. August 8, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  27. ^ Nicholls, Julia (January 14, 2006). "Exhibit tracks rail history". The Daily Chronicle. p. D5. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
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