Jefferson County, Washington

94 topographic sheets cover 44 settlements here, and 75 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

75 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Washington within the United States

Jefferson County within Washington

What the record shows

535 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
75 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 65 buildings, 6 districts and 4 structures.
16 of the 75 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 44 populated places in this county; 44 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Frank Bartlett House	building	1973	73001870
Henry Bash House	building	1985	85001099
Senator William Bishop House and Office	building	1984	84000099
Botten Cabin	building	2007	07000729
Chimacum Post Office	building	1983	83003323
Christian Congregation Church of Port Ludlow	building	2021	100006061
City Hall	building	1971	71000868
Coleman-Furlong House	building	1985	85001100
Duckabush River Bridge	structure	1982	82004219
Joel Edwards House	building	1985	85001101
Elk Lick Lodge	building	2007	07000734
Enchanted Valley Chalet	building	2007	07000737
F/V WESTERN FLYER (purse seiner)	structure	2017	100000990
Thomas Fitzgerald House	building	1985	85001102
Fort Flagler	district	1976	76001882
Fort Worden Building 305 (Historic Quartermasters Office & Storehouse)	building		74001954
Fort Worden Building 502	building		74001954
Capt. Enoch S. Fowler House	building	1970	70000635
Gagen-Sherlock House	building	1982	82004220
Galster House	building	1983	83003325
Graves Creek Ranger Station	district	2007	07000717
J. W. Griffiths House	building	1985	85001103
Hamilton-Worthington House	building	2014	14000849
Happy Four Shelter	building	2007	07000719
F. C. Harper House	building	1985	85001104
Hayes River Fire Cache	structure	2007	07000738
House at 1723 Holcomb Street	building	1985	85001105
House at 30 Tremont Street	building	1985	85001106
House at 503 Fir Street	building	1985	85001107
Interrorem Guard Station-Olympic National Forest	building	2013	13000506
Irondale Historic District	district	1983	83003326
Irondale Jail	building	1983	83003327
Francis Wilcox James House	building	1970	70000636
Jefferson County Courthouse	building	1973	73001871
Johnson House	building	1983	83003328
Lake-Little House	building	1985	85001108
Colonel Henry Landes House	building	2021	100006702
J. N. Laubach House	building	1985	85001109
Leader Building	building	1970	70000637
Lincoln School	building	2017	100001596
Manresa Hall	building	1970	70000638
Methodist Epscopal Church of Port Hadlock	building	1983	83003329
O. L. and Josephine Morgan House	building	1985	85001110
Nelson House	building	1984	84000101
North Fork Quinault Ranger Station	district	2007	07000718
Earl Oatman House	building	1983	83003330
Old German Consulate	building	1971	71000869
Olympus Guard Station	district	2007	07000722
Pearson House	building	1985	85001111
Pelton Creek Shelter	building	2007	07000727
H. S. Petersen House	building	1985	85001112
Benjamin S. Pettygrove House	building	1985	85002662
Point Wilson Lighthouse	structure	1971	71000870
Port Townsend Carnegie Library	building	1982	82004908
Quilcene Ranger Station	district	2012	12000162
Judge Ralston House	building	1985	85001113
Rose Theatre	building	1976	76001883
Rothschild House	building	1970	70000639
Hanna Rover House	building	1983	83003331
Saint's Rest, Tukey's Pioneer Cabin and Homestead House	building	1983	83003332
James C. Saunders House	building	1977	77001335
Ferdinand Schlager House	building	1985	85001114
Capt. Peter Shibles House	building	1983	83003333
Tollef Sole House	building	1983	83003334
St. Paul's Episcopal Church	building	1970	70000640
Starrett House	building	1970	70000641
Andrew Stegerwald House	building	1985	85001115
Hans Swanson House	building	1983	83003335
John Trumbull House	building	1985	85001116
Horace Tucker House	building	1973	73001872
US Post Office-Port Townsend Main	building	1991	91000652
Uncas School	building	1987	87000025
Van Trojen House	building	1984	84000100
Milo P. Ward House	building	1985	85001117
Hattie Williams House	building	1983	83003336

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

578 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 578 of them, burning about 10,519 acres. 114 started naturally and 27 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Recreation and ceremony	225
Natural	114
Debris and open burning	84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	53
Arson/incendiarism	27
Equipment and vehicle use	20
Fireworks	17
Other causes	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Smoking	11
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 June 2015	Natural	2,815 acres	Olympic National Park	PARADISE
26 July 2016	Natural	2,475 acres	Olympic National Park	HAYES FIRE
1 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,243 acres	Olympic National Forest	BIG HUMP
25 July 2016	Natural	825 acres	Olympic National Park	GODKIN FIRE
23 June 2009	Natural	817 acres	Olympic National Park	10 MILE
11 July 2009	Natural	443 acres	Olympic National Park	CONSTANCE
6 August 2010	Natural	385 acres	Olympic National Park	HOPPER
29 July 2009	Natural	299 acres	Olympic National Park	BUCKINGHORSE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1999 to 2025

16 of 16 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 16 reports for this county, causing 1 death, no injuries and about $11,453,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Heavy Rain	8
Flood	4
Lightning	3
Debris Flow	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2001	Heavy Rain	Countywide	1 killed	no account filed
November 2006	Heavy Rain	Hoh	$5,500,000	Olympic National Park received about 36 inches of rain from Nov 2nd through the 11th. That rainfall, plus help from some strong winds, caused damage to roads, bridges and trails. A 75 foot section of road, 25 feet deep, was washed away along with adjacent power lines.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Brinnon	$3,000,000	A house was knocked off its foundation by flood waters.
October 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	$800,000	no account filed
January 2006	Heavy Rain	Countywide	$700,000	no account filed
January 2021	Flood	Hoh	$554,000	Heavy rain caused surface runoff, landslides, and urban and small stream flooding. One to three inches of rain fell during the day.
December 2014	Flood	Brinnon	$300,000	Fire District 4 suffered major flood damage to Station 42, near the Duckabush River. The station is reported to be a total loss (at one point fire personnel measured more than 5 feet of water in the station with fire apparatus still inside) The loss of the station and equipment is estimated at nearly $200,000. About 6 homes in the area suffered damage.
November 2015	Flood	Hoh	$200,000	Flooding from the Hoh river damaged Oil City road.
December 1999	Heavy Rain	Countywide	$170,000	no account filed
February 2015	Debris Flow	Brinnon	$150,000	A mudslide was reported near Shorewood Road and Kelly Road in Brinnon, off Duckabush Road. The slide reportedly blocked the road and damaged five or six homes.
February 2015	Flood	Brinnon	$50,000	A National Weather Service spotter reported that 4.43 inches of rain fell in the area between 4 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. Friday.
August 1999	Lightning	Port Townsend	$15,500	A house was struck by lightning, causing structural and electrical damage.
July 2012	Lightning	Port Ludlow	$9,000	Lightning strike cause minor damage to computers that are used to operate the Hood Canal Bridge.
August 2004	Lightning	Nordland	$5,000	A lightning strike destroyed 3 trees and started a fire which burning a storage shed to the ground.
February 2025	Heavy Rain	Quilcene	-	Heavy rainfall of 3.21 inches was reported in Quilcene, WA.
November 2001	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

106 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 106 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 104 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	60
Manganese	21
Stone, Crushed/Broken	12
Iron	6
Gold	4
Manganese, Iron	2
Copper	2
Silver	1
Travertine	1
Iron, Manganese	1
Manganese, Copper	1
Diatomite	1
Quartz	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Dosewallips	Travertine	Occurrence
Irondale	Diatomite	Occurrence
Mount Anderson	Quartz	Occurrence
Mount Claywood	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence	1956
Triple Ore Copper Prospect	Copper, Silver	Prospect
Tubal Cain Property	Manganese, Copper	Prospect	1941
Elkhorn	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	Bementite
North Pole Quartz	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	1956
Tubal Cain Property	Manganese, Copper	Occurrence	Replacement
Ruby Beach Placer	Gold	Occurrence	Beach Placer
Ruby Beach Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Rustler Creek	Gold	Prospect
Rustler Creek Claim	Gold	Occurrence	Gold
Black Hump	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence	Hematite
Black Hump	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence
Chimacum Valley	Iron	Prospect
Elkhorn Group	Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	1945
Mount Claywood	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	Replacement
North Pole Quartz Claim	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	Replacement
246-3.6 Quarry Prairie Creek North	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Mats Mats Quarry and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pit 2926-3.8	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quarry 2849-1.6	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Quarry 2849-4.1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quarry 2907-10.4	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quarry 2909-4.8	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quarry 2926-6.7	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quarry- 2927-1.3	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quarry-2927-1.0	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Quilcene Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Tower Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Albino Rodriguez	Manganese	Occurrence	1956
Albino Rodriquez	Manganese	Occurrence	Replacement
Duckabush River	Manganese	Occurrence
Duckabush River	Manganese	Occurrence
Elkhorn	Manganese	Prospect
Karnes Deposits	Manganese	Prospect
Lower East Ledge	Manganese	Prospect	1951
Lower Middle Ledge	Manganese	Past Producer	1951
Lower West Ledge	Manganese	Prospect
Lucky Creek Claim	Manganese	Occurrence	Replacement
Lucky Creek Claim	Manganese	Prospect	1958
Olympic Peninsula Mn Project # 301	Manganese	Prospect
Tull City	Manganese	Occurrence	Replacement
Tull City	Manganese	Occurrence
Upper West Ledge	Manganese	Prospect	1951
240.2-0.7 Park Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bucks Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Calkins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cape George Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Chimacum Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Crown Zellerbach Hadlock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Currier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Davies Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dry Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
East Quilcene Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Elkins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hadlock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hastings Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hoh Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hoh Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hunt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Irondale Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kofoed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lindseys New Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Newsted Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Phelan Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pierce Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Puget Sound Surfacers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Queets Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Queets Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Queets River Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Quilcene Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Roberts Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Shine Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Shine Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Thomas Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Uncas Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Winfield Pit North	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Zellerbach	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Adelma Beach

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Beaver Valley

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98365 · Port Ludlow quadrangle

12 sheets, 1937 to 1992
Bees Mill

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98320 · On Spencer Creek · Quilcene quadrangle

12 sheets, 1940 to 1992
Bridgehaven

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98365 · Lofall quadrangle

14 sheets, 1937 to 1992
Brinnon

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98320 · On Walkers Creek · Brinnon quadrangle

17 sheets, 1936 to 1999
Camp Discovery

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98376 · Quilcene quadrangle

12 sheets, 1940 to 1992
Chimacum

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98339 · Near West Valley · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Clearwater

West End census division · 98331 · On Hurst Creek · Queets quadrangle

9 sheets, 1943 to 1988
Coyle

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98376 · Seabeck quadrangle

16 sheets, 1936 to 1997
Dabob

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98376 · On Tarboo Creek · Quilcene quadrangle

12 sheets, 1940 to 1992
Discovery Bay

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · On Salmon Creek · Uncas quadrangle

13 sheets, 1940 to 1995
Discovery Junction

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · On Salmon Creek · Center quadrangle

12 sheets, 1940 to 1997
Duckabush

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98320 · On Duckabush River · Brinnon quadrangle

17 sheets, 1936 to 1999
Eaglemount

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Center quadrangle

12 sheets, 1940 to 1997
East Quilcene

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98376 · On Donovan Creek · Quilcene quadrangle

12 sheets, 1940 to 1992
Fairmont

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · On Salmon Creek · Center quadrangle

12 sheets, 1940 to 1997
Fort Flagler

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98358 · Near Craven Rock · Nordland quadrangle

12 sheets, 1939 to 1998
Four Corners

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Gardiner

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98382 · Gardiner quadrangle

12 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Glen Cove

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Hoh

West End census division · 98331 · On Fossil Creek · Destruction Island quadrangle

9 sheets, 1943 to 1988
Irondale

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98339 · On Chimacum Creek · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Kalaloch

West End census division · 98331 · On Kalaloch Creek · Queets quadrangle

9 sheets, 1943 to 1988
Lackawanna Beach

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98320 · On Duckabush River · Brinnon quadrangle

17 sheets, 1936 to 1999
Leland

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98376 · Uncas quadrangle

13 sheets, 1940 to 1995
Marrowstone

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98358 · On Marrowstone Island · Nordland quadrangle

12 sheets, 1939 to 1998
Mats Mats

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98365 · Port Ludlow quadrangle

12 sheets, 1937 to 1992
Maynard

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · On Salmon Creek · Uncas quadrangle

13 sheets, 1940 to 1995
McGees

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993

No longer a settlement
Nordland

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98358 · Near Marrowstone Island · Nordland quadrangle

12 sheets, 1939 to 1998
Oil City

West End census division · 98331 · On Hoh River · Hoh Head quadrangle

12 sheets, 1939 to 1988
Port Discovery

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Port Hadlock

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98339 · Near Skunk Island · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Port Ludlow

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98365 · Near The Twins · Port Ludlow quadrangle

12 sheets, 1937 to 1992
Port Townsend

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Near Morgan Hill · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Queets

West End census division · 98331 · On Queets River · Queets quadrangle

9 sheets, 1943 to 1988
Quilcene

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · 98376 · On Big Quilcene River · Mount Walker quadrangle

13 sheets, 1940 to 1995
Seal Rock

Quilcene Bay-Brinnon census division · On Turner Creek · Brinnon quadrangle

17 sheets, 1936 to 1999
Shine-Gri-La

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98365 · On Criss Creek · Lofall quadrangle

14 sheets, 1937 to 1992
Smith Place

West End census division · 98331 · On Tshletshy Creek · Kloochman Rock quadrangle

9 sheets, 1956 to 1990
Swansonville

Oak Bay-Port Ludlow census division · 98365 · Near The Twins · Port Ludlow quadrangle

12 sheets, 1937 to 1992
Tukey

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993
Uncas

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · On Salmon Creek · Uncas quadrangle

13 sheets, 1940 to 1995
Woodmans

Discovery Bay-Port Townsend census division · 98368 · Port Townsend South quadrangle

11 sheets, 1939 to 1993

The vanished settlements of Jefferson County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.