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Ethel, Washington
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°31′56.8″N 122°44′49.4″W / 46.532444°N 122.747056°W / 46.532444; -122.747056
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Lewis
Elevation	479 ft (146 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
zip code	98542
Area code	360

Ethel is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 12 in east Lewis County, Washington, United States. It sits between Mary's Corner and Salkum.

History

A post office called Ethel has been in operation since 1886. The town's moniker was intended to be "Lacamas", after a creek that flowed through the town, however the Postmaster General at the time, William F. Vilas, declared that too many towns in Washington state were named after Native tribes, and choose Ethel, without an explanation. The reason and origins for the Ethel name, despite several theories, remains obscure.

Ethel's early economy was derived by the logging of old growth timber and farming. Education was provided at the Hopewell School, a one-room schoolhouse featuring eight different grade levels. The school would become the location for the Ethel Grange Hall. The town also formed teams to participate in Grange League baseball.

Government and politics

Politics

Ethel has historically voted as favoring the Republican Party and Conservatism. As this is an unincorporated community, there are no defined bounds, and the precinct may be incongruous with the census boundaries.

Third parties that received ballots in the 2020 election include 15 votes for the Libertarian Party and 4 votes for the Green Party. There were 5 votes for write-in candidates.

References

1. ^ "Ethel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
3. ^ Mittge, Brian (March 30, 2002). "If Towns Could Talk : The town on the Ethel plateau lasts". The Chronicle. p. 27. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
4. Meany, Edmond S. Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 81.
5. Dickason, Glen (January 12, 1976). "Nobody knows how Ethel was named". The Centralia Daily Chronicle. p. 12. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
6. "Lewis County 2020 Election". Results.Vote.WA. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lewis County, Washington, United States
County seat: Chehalis
Cities	Centralia Chehalis Morton Mossyrock Napavine Toledo Vader Winlock
Town	Pe Ell
CDPs	Fords Prairie Mineral Onalaska Packwood
Unincorporated communities	Adna Alpha Boistfort Cinebar Curtis Doty Dryad Ethel Evaline Forest Galvin Glenoma Harmony Littell Mary's Corner Mayfield McCormick Meskill Randle Saint Urban Salkum Silver Creek Swofford Wildwood Wilson Winston
Former communities	Ceres Cora
Ghost towns	Burnt Ridge Kopiah Lindberg Mendota Walville
Flooded towns	Kosmos Nesika Riffe
Indian reservation	Yakama Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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