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The county was formed out of Thurston County on March 13, 1854. [3] Originally named Sawamish County, it took its present name in 1864 in honor of Charles H. Mason, the first Secretary of Washington Territory. [3] [4] Mason County comprises the Shelton micropolitan statistical area and is included in the Seattle-Tacoma combined statistical area.
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. [4]
The newspaper was originally published on December 31, 1886, by Grant C. Angle, who was 18 years old at the time. [1] Initially named the Mason County Journal, the publication later changed its name to the Shelton-Mason County Journal. [2]
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.
Allyn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mason County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,194 as of the 2020 census. It was part of the former Allyn-Grapeview CDP that was broken up into Allyn and Grapeview in 2010. Allyn is located on the western shore of the North Bay region of the Case Inlet of Puget Sound.
Belfair is a census-designated place in Mason County, Washington, United States. Located at the mouth of the Union River at Hood Canal , it serves as the commercial center of northern Mason County. The population of the surrounding area grows in the summertime, as the Canal and the Olympic Peninsula are popular with tourists.
Unincorporated communities in Mason County, Washington (10 P) Pages in category "Populated places in Mason County, Washington" This category contains only the following page.
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