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Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [3] and 11 of those are found partially or wholly in Grant County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
Ephrata (/ iː ˈ f r eɪ t ə / ee-FRAY-tə) is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Washington, United States. Its population was 8,477 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] [ 7 ]
State Route 283 (SR 283) is a state highway serving rural Grant County in the U.S. state of Washington.The highway travels for 15 miles (24 km) in a northeasterly direction between George and Ephrata, traveling from SR 281 Spur at its interchange with Interstate 90 (I-90) to SR 28.
Towns like Wilson Creek, Quincy and Ephrata began to thrive. The Washington State Legislature officially created Grant County on February 24, 1909, naming it in the memory of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and a major contributor to the Union victory in the American Civil War. The county seat was located in Ephrata.
Feb. 14—EPHRATA — The Ephrata Chamber of Commerce has announced the dates for this year's Sage-N-Sun festival in downtown Ephrata. The annual event which includes a parade, a children's parade ...
The road connecting Quincy to points south, including Burke and the future settlement of George, appeared on local maps as early as 1910. [14] It was added to the state highway system in 1915 as a section of the Sunset Highway , which continued west through Ellensburg towards Seattle and east through Wenatchee and Waterville towards Spokane .
State Route 282 (SR 282) is a 4.92-mile-long (7.92 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving Grant County.The highway travels southeast from SR 28 in Ephrata to Ephrata Municipal Airport and an intersection with SR 17.
SR 17 on the shores of Lake Lenore, passing through the Grand Coulee on a highway built in the 1930s.. SR 17 was established during the 1964 highway renumbering as the successor to three highways that were designated under the primary and secondary state highway system: SSH 11G from US 395 and PSH 11 in Eltopia to PSH 7 in Soap Lake, a branch of PSH 7 from Soap Lake to US 2 and PSH 2 west of ...