McCormick, Washington
McCormick is an unincorporated community off Washington State Route 6 in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Washington.
McCormick, Washington | |
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McCormick McCormick | |
| Coordinates: 46°33′13″N 123°19′34″W / 46.55361°N 123.32611°W | |
| 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 |
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 edit
The town was built in 1897 around a mill for the McCormick Lumber Company, which began operations the following year.[2] A post office, named after the mill's owner, Harry W. McCormick, was established around that time [a] and it remained in operation until 1929.[3][4][5]
The mill would be rebuilt after it suffered a near-total loss in 1909.[6] It closed in 1927 as lumber production at the plant had become idle.[7][8] The town began to be demolished, with materials salvaged by a new owner of the company.[9] A tuberculosis sanitorium was opened in 1935 and closed in 1941.[10][11]
Considered a ghost town afterwards despite continual habitation, most of the property would be bought out beginning in 1954 by George Fraser, a retired tailor from Centralia.[12]
Notes edit
- ^ Various sources differ on the actual year, listing 1896, 1898, or 1899.
References edit
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: McCormick, Washington
- ^ "Busy Up West". The Chehalis Bee. Vol. 14, no. 43. March 18, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 154.
- ^ "Lewis County - McCormick". jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com. Lewis Co. WA GenWeb Project.
- ^ "$250,000 Goes Up In Smoke". The Chehalis-Bee Nugget. Vol. 27, no. 3. July 9, 1909. p. 18. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Techers Are Announced For The Pe Ell Schools". The Chehalis-Bee Nugget. August 12, 1927. p. 15. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ McDonald, Julie (January 12, 2018). "Vader Octogenarian Wants Public to See Giant Fir in Pe Ell". The Chronicle. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "McCormick Mill To Be Dismantled". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. Vol. 49, no. 13. August 21, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Fund, Edna (October 29, 2010). "Today in History: Governor Dedicates Sanitarium in 1935". The Chronicle. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "McCormick Is A Lonely Place". The Centralia Daily Chronicle. August 26, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Ill, Retired Tailor Owns Ghost Town". The Daily Chronicle (Centralia). October 5, 1957. p. 7. Retrieved December 14, 2021.