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Aerial view of downtown Arlington and the Stillaguamish River floodplain. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Arlington has a total area of 9.26 square miles (23.98 km 2), of which 9.25 square miles (23.96 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. [47]
The state of Washington is home to 24 of these landmarks, extensively highlighting the state's maritime heritage (with eight individual boats) and contributions to the national park movement (including three sites within Mount Rainier National Park, which is also listed), while recognizing a range of other aspects of its historic legacy. A view ...
There are at least three listings in each of Washington's 39 counties. The National Register of Historic Places recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] more than 1,500 are in Washington.
Coupeville is located near the center of Whidbey Island, which lies in Puget Sound between the mainland and the Olympic Peninsula. On the north side of downtown is Penn Cove, an inlet of the Saratoga Passage. [10] The city is part of the Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, which also includes Fort Ebey State Park to the west. [11]
The Great Northern Depot, the former Skykomish station, was moved to a new city park in 2012 and today serves as a visitors center and history museum. The town gained a public library service operated by the King County Rural Library District in 1944, its library opening the following year in the city hall .
Colton is located along U.S. Route 195 in the Palouse region of southeastern Washington, just west of the Idaho border. [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.59 square miles (1.53 km 2), all of it land. [7] Distances. Pullman - 14 miles (23 km) north; Lewiston, Idaho - 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast
The area that is now Bridgeport was settled in the late 19th century and originally named Westfield. Some of the earliest settlers in the area were Chinese miners extracting gold from the banks of the Columbia River. [4] Developers purchased the town in 1892 and renamed it Bridgeport after where they had come from, Bridgeport, Connecticut. The ...
Bellingham (/ ˈ b ɛ l ɪ ŋ h æ m / BEL-ing-ham) is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. [9] It lies 21 miles (34 km) south of the U.S.–Canada border, between Vancouver, British Columbia, 52 miles (84 km) to the northwest and Seattle 90 miles (140 km) to the south.