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Port Townsend / ˈ t aʊ n z ən d / is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States.The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census.It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County.
Port Townsend Carnegie Library. August 3, 1982 : 1220 Lawrence Port Townsend: Carnegie Libraries of Washington TR 56: Port Townsend Historic District ...
Port Townsend is located at the northeastern tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and developed beginning about 1850 as a strategically placed well-sheltered deep-harbor port at the junction of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet, which provide access to Puget Sound. It grew as a major customs point, and as a shipment point for ...
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. [1] The county seat and only incorporated city is Port Townsend. [2]
website, includes period room displays, located on the 1st floor of the Port Gamble General Store and Cafe [27] Port Townsend Aero Museum: Port Townsend: Jefferson: Olympic Peninsula: Aviation: Antique and classic aircraft, located at Jefferson County International Airport: Port Townsend Marine Science Center: Port Townsend: Jefferson: Olympic ...
The Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, Washington was built in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was designed by architect W.A. Ritchie and is Romanesque Revival in style. [1] It has a 143 feet (44 m) tall tower. [2]
Francis William Pettygrove (c. 1812 – October 5, 1887) was an American pioneer and merchant who was one of the founders of the cities of Portland, Oregon, and Port Townsend, Washington. Born in Maine, he re-located to the Oregon Country in 1843 to establish a store in Oregon City.
2008: The Shadow of Sirius, Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press [7] – winner of the Pulitzer Prize; [3] 2009: Tarset, Northumberland, UK: Bloodaxe Books 2013 : The Collected Poems of W. S. Merwin , New York: Library of America