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Shelton is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States. [6] Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census. Shelton has a council–manager form of government and was the last city in Washington to use a mayor–commission form of government.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [3] and 18 of those are found in Mason County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 31, 2025.
Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,726. [1] The county seat and only incorporated city is Shelton. [2] The county was formed out of Thurston County on March 13, 1854. [3]
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.
The High Steel Bridge is a truss arch bridge that spans the south fork of the Skokomish River, on National Forest Service road #2340 in Mason County, Washington, near the city of Shelton. [1] The bridge is 685 feet (209 m) long, and its deck is 375 feet (114 m) above the river.
Washington Corrections Center is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Shelton, Washington. [1] With an operating capacity of 1,300, it is the sixth largest prison in the state (after Stafford Creek Corrections Center) and is surrounded by forestland. It opened in 1964, seventy-five years after statehood. [2]
City of Shelton was built in 1895 at Shelton, Washington, to replace Willie on the Olympia-Shelton route. She was 99.8 feet long, 20.5 on the beam, with a 6' depth of hold, and rated at 190 tons. [2] City of Shelton was one of the few vessels built on the Sound at that time because an economic depression had driven down business. [3]
A freeway bypass of Shelton with several interchange was proposed by the state government in the 1960s; its construction would require the relocation of radio station KMAS and 10 residences. [42] Work on the 4.3-mile (6.9 km) bypass began on August 9, 1972, and was completed two years later at a cost of $4 million.