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Gorst is a census-designated place (CDP) at the head of Sinclair Inlet in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The population was 605 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Gorst, located on the shores of Puget Sound , is primarily a town consisting of stores, auto dealerships and espresso stands.
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Washington which are not incorporated municipalities.Incorporated municipalities in the state are listed separately in a list of cities and list of towns.
The U.S. state of Washington has six telephone area codes. The state initially used a single area code until it was divided in 1957 with the creation of area code 509 to serve Eastern Washington. In 1995, 206 was split again to serve just the Puget Sound region after area code 360 was created for the remainder of Western Washington.
Kitsap County comprises the Bremerton–Silverdale–Port Orchard, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Seattle–Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area. The United States Navy is the largest employer in the county, with installations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport , and Naval Base ...
The U.S. Navy's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Naval Base Kitsap (comprising the former NSB Bangor and NS Bremerton) are on the peninsula. Its main city is Bremerton . Though earlier referred to as the Great Peninsula or Indian Peninsula, with "Great Peninsula" still its official name, [ 1 ] its current name is derived from the jurisdiction of ...
It is bordered to the east by Port Washington Narrows and Phinney Bay and to the west by Mud Bay, separating it from a parallel peninsula containing the Marine Drive neighborhood of Bremerton. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Rocky Point CDP has a total area of 0.76 square miles (1.96 km 2 ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or ...
The Pacific coast of Westport. Washington is the northwesternmost state of the contiguous United States.It borders Idaho to the east, bounded mostly by the meridian running north from the confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River (about 117°02'23" west), except for the southernmost section where the border follows the Snake River.
Washington State Route 3 runs through the community, leading north 19 miles (31 km) to Port Gamble and south 4 miles (6 km) to the western side of Bremerton. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Chico CDP has an area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km 2), all of it land. [2]