Wilson, Washington

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Wilson, Washington
Unincorporated community
Wilson is located in Washington (state)
Wilson
Wilson
Coordinates: 46°27′11″N 122°33′17″W / 46.45318685323134°N 122.55480871478022°W / 46.45318685323134; -122.55480871478022
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyLewis
Elevation
919 ft (280 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
98564
Area code(s)360
GNIS feature ID1528199[1]

Wilson, also known as Wilson Village,[2] is an unincorporated community located in Lewis County, Washington. The former town is in a rural area in the mid-south region of the county, south of Winston and 7-miles south of Mayfield. Communities and towns around Riffe Lake are 12-miles to the northeast of the area. Wilson is mostly residential in nature.[3]

The community once had a post office that began in 1891 and closed in 1924.[2] There was a school in the town during this time.[4] The local economy was based on farming and logging, with a focus on shingle production in part due to its location to Salmon Creek, which was used to float the shingles to the Cowlitz River near Toledo.[3][5] The town was once connected to Toledo by the use of a plank road.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Wilson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ a b "Lewis County - Wilson". jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com. Lewis Co. WA GenWeb Project.
  3. ^ a b c "If Towns Could Talk". The Chronicle. April 6, 2002. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Wilson Happenings". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. May 4, 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  5. ^ "From Over The County". The Chehalis Bee. Vol. 13, no. 18. September 24, 1897. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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