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Yelm is located in southeastern Thurston County, adjacent to its border with Pierce County, along the Nisqually River.The city is near the Nisqually Indian Reservation (located to the northwest on State Route 510), and Joint Base Lewis–McChord on the northeast side of the river.
North Yelm is a census-designated place (CDP) in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,140 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] The community borders Yelm and is situated near the intersection of Washington State Route 507 and SR 510 .
Yelm Ditch is an abandoned irrigation canal near Yelm in Thurston County, Washington.It was completed by the Yelm Irrigation Company at a cost of $100,000 on June 29, 1916. [2] [3] [4] At the time, Yelm had a population of a few hundred, and the Yelm Irrigation Project was "one of Western Washington's first irrigation districts", bringing water from the Nisqually River to irrigate farms on the ...
Ramtha's School of Enlightenment (RSE) is an American New Age spiritual sect near the city of Yelm, Washington, U.S. The school was established in 1988 by J. Z. Knight, who claims to channel a 35,000-year-old being called Ramtha the Enlightened One. The school's teachings are based on channeling sessions.
State Route 507 (SR 507) begins at a diamond interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5), co-signed as U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in Centralia. [3] Traveling east as Mellen, Alder and West Cherry Streets, [1] the highway crosses railroad tracks owned by BNSF Railway and used by Amtrak's Cascades and Coast Starlight routes, [4] both of which serve the Centralia Amtrak station. [5]
State Route 510 Alternate, also known as the Yelm Loop, is a partially completed bypass of Yelm. The first, 1.17-mile (1.88 km) [ 1 ] section opened to traffic in October 2010 and cost $4.3 million to construct.
Federal Way, Auburn, Bonney Lake, Orting, Yelm, and McCleary were just outside the borders of the proposed 10th district. [7] This proposed 10th district voted for Democrat Patty Murray over Republican Dino Rossi about 53.7/46.3 in the 2010 Senate Election, and is around 68.3% white. [8]
A new Amtrak station to replace East Olympia was proposed in the late 1980s, to be located on county-owned land facing the Yelm Highway. [13] Centennial Station opened on October 28, 1990, with temporary lighting for the 800-foot-long (240 m) platform and portable toilets , as well as a 36-space parking lot. [ 14 ]