Thurston County, Washington

112 topographic sheets cover 59 settlements here, and 68 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

68 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Washington within the United States

Thurston County within Washington

What the record shows

1,035 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
68 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 51 buildings, 7 districts, 5 structures and 5 sites.
11 of the 68 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 59 populated places in this county; 59 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
Allen House Hotel	building	1987	87000872
American Legion Hall	building	1987	87000871
Daniel R. Bigelow House	building	1979	79002562
Black Lake School	building	1990	90000709
Capital Boulevard Crossing	structure	1982	82004300
Capital Savings and Loan Association	building	2018	100002706
Chamber's Prairie-Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery	site	1995	95000803
Cloverfields	building	1978	78002779
Colvin House	building	1988	88000693
Delphi School	building	1990	90001075
Dofflemyer Point Light	structure	1995	93001339
Elks Building	building	1988	88000690
Jonas and Maria Lovisa Erickson Farmstead	building	2002	02000251
Funk House	building	1987	87000691
Gate School	building	1990	90001094
General Administration Building	building	2007	07000134
Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company Office	building	2007	07000135
Calvin and Pamela Hale House	building	1984	84003632
Jaaska House and Warehouse	building	1988	88000702
Jeffers Studio	building	1987	87000870
Johnson House	building	1988	88000695
LOTUS (motor vessel)	structure	1987	87000715
Lackamas School	building	1990	90000707
Long Lake Recreation Hall	building	1988	88000697
C. J. Lord Mansion	building	1981	81000591
Henry McCleary House	building	1978	78002780
Meyer House	building	1985	85000351
Miller-Brewer House	building	1988	88000694
Millersylvania State Park	district	2009	09000732
Mottman Building	building	1983	83003354
National Guard Armory - Olympia	building	2025	100011856
Nisqually School	building	1990	90001248
Old Capitol Building	building	1975	75001877
Olympia Downtown Historic District	district	2004	04001008
Olympia National Bank	building	1987	87000869
Olympia Public Library	building	1982	82004299
Charles Patnude House	building	1978	78002781
Radio Station KGY	building	2024	100010925
Rainier School	building	2004	04000159
Reinhart-Young House	building	1987	87000712
L. N. Rice House	building	1988	88000700
Rochester Elementary School	building	1990	90000784
Frank Rudkin House	building	1987	87000713
SAND MAN (Tug Boat)	structure	1998	98001018
Salsich Lumber Company Superintendent's House	building	1988	88000696
F. W. Schmidt House	building	1995	95000801
Trueman and Virginia Schmidt House	building	2015	15000500
Seatco Prison Site	site	1975	75001876
South Capitol Neighborhood Historic District	district	1991	91001516
State Training School for Girls Administration Building	building	1988	88000701
Alden Hatch Steele House	building	1992	92000783
Stoecker, Richard & Lydia	building	2015	15000910
Tenino Depot	building	1974	74001982
Tenino Downtown Historic District	district	2004	02001616
Tenino Stone Company Quarry	site	1983	83003355
Thurston County Courthouse	building	1981	81000592
Ticknor School	building	1990	90000708
Town Square	site	1987	87000868
Tugboat Parthia	structure	2023	100009615
Tumwater Historic District	district	1978	78002782
Tumwater Methodist Church	building	1984	84003636
U.S. Post Office	building	1979	79002563
Union Cemetery-Pioneer Calvary Cemetery	site	1997	97000323
Union Mills Superintendent's House	building	1988	88000699
Washington State Capitol Historic District	district	1979	79002564
Washington State Library	building	2015	15000501
Weyerhaeuser South Bay Log Dump Rural Historic Landscape	district	1991	91001441
Women's Club	building	1979	79002565

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,247 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,247 of them, burning about 2,120 acres. 19 started naturally and 51 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	343
Debris and open burning	294
Recreation and ceremony	238
Misuse of fire by a minor	76
Fireworks	73
Equipment and vehicle use	62
Arson/incendiarism	51
Smoking	33
Railroad operations and maintenance	33
Natural	19
Other causes	13
Power generation/transmission/distribution	12

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
22 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	384 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SCATTER CREEK
8 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	268 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	MIMA ROAD
5 August 1998	Recreation and ceremony	140 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
9 June 1992	Debris and open burning	96 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 September 2005	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	NURSERY
21 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	44 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
2 August 2017	Misuse of fire by a minor	33 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	GRAND MOUND
21 July 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	PIT STOP 2

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

Storms, 1983 to 2023

28 of 28 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 28 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 2 injuries and about $25,582,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Heavy Rain	9
Tornado	5
Flood	4
Hail	3
Funnel Cloud	3
Lightning	3
Thunderstorm Wind	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
May 2003	Lightning	Nisqually	1 hurt, $1,000	Lightning struck just outside a mobile home, causing a little damage to it and to a nearby tree. A woman inside the home was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down.
June 2002	Lightning	Lacey	1 hurt	A 17 year old was struck by lightning while he was working outside. He sustained minor burns, some hearing loss and a headache. The tree next to him was stripped of its bark.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Tumwater	$14,000,000	A few homes had up to 3 inches of water in their basements. Flood waters from Swift Creek washed away part of Cedar Flat Road cutting off about 250 homes from vehicular traffic.
March 1999	Heavy Rain	Countywide	$7,000,000	no account filed
January 2009	Flood	Bucoda	$3,200,000	There was flooding along the Skookumchuck River, dozens of homes in Bucoda flooded. Several roads in the area were also flooded, including SR 507.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Yelm	$700,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts peaked around 70 mph during the event between 3 and 5 PM, knocking down trees and power lines leaving nearly 50,000 without power. Several homes had trees fall on them.
January 2006	Heavy Rain	Countywide	$200,000	no account filed
November 2006	Flood	Bucoda	$100,000	Record flooding occurred on the Cowlitz, Nooksack, Puyallup, Nisqually, \|Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Carbon, Snoqualmie, and Bogachiel. Major flooding occurred on the Tolt, Snohomish, Skokomish, Skagit, and White rivers. Other rivers flooding were the Satsop, Cedar, Wynoochee, Elwha, Deschutes, Dungeness, Skookumchuck, and Chehalis.
October 2003	Heavy Rain	Countywide	$100,000	no account filed
January 2021	Flood	Plumb	$63,000	The Skookumchuck River near Bucoda and Chehalis River near Grand Mound exceeded moderate flood stage. Urban and small stream flooding occurred as well.
January 2021	Flood	Rochester R And K Ar	$63,000	The Chehalis River near Grand Mound and Skookumchuck River near Bucoda crested above moderate flood. Urban and small stream flooding occurred as well.
May 2004	Tornado (F1)	Tenino	$50,000	A tornado damaged a barn, some trees, and a nearby apartment.
April 1994	Tornado (F0)	Bucoda	$50,000	A tornado touched down near the main street of Bucoda. Several buildings sustained damage. Damage included aluminum sheds blown over or moved, rain gutters torn off buildings, and a twisted street sign. A piece of one aluminum shed was seen 80 feet above the ground caught in a tree.
January 2006	Heavy Rain	Olympia	$30,000	no account filed
September 2002	Lightning	Lacey	$20,000	Lightning struck a garage, a DOT building and a tree in the Olympia area. The garage, filled with antiques, was destroyed. The DOT building lost power and the tree was split.
October 2003	Tornado (F0)	Yelm	$5,000	A weak tornado, on the ground for less than a minute, damaged a few power lines and knocked down some tree limbs.
December 2023	Heavy Rain	(Olm)Olympia Arpt	-	A record rainfall of 2.96 inches was recorded at the Olympia airport. This broke the previous daily record of 2.18 inches in 1970.
December 2023	Heavy Rain	(Olm)Olympia Arpt	-	A record high temperature of 62 degrees was recorded at Olympia airport. This broke the previous daily record of 56 degrees set in 2020.
October 2019	Tornado (EFU)	Plumb	-	On 10/04/2019 a brief weak tornado was confirmed by video and fire/rescue report near Tenino, WA. No impacts or damage were observed.
November 2008	Funnel Cloud	Vail	-	A funnel cloud was spotted 2 miles northwest of Lake Lawrence. It lasted for a few minutes.
January 2006	Tornado (F0)	Lacey	-	On the ground for less than 2 minutes.
June 2005	Funnel Cloud	Lacey	-	A funnel cloud descended 1/3 way to ground.
September 1997	Hail	Yelm	-	A thunderstorm with golf ball sized hail broke car windshields in Yelm.
May 2001	Funnel Cloud	Olympia	-	no account filed
August 2001	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
November 2001	Heavy Rain	Countywide	-	no account filed
August 1983	Hail	not stated	-	no account filed
August 1983	Hail	not stated	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

103 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 103 workings inside this county. 9 still produce and 94 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction	86
Stone, Crushed/Broken	10
Flagstone	2
Clay	1
Peat	1
Stone	1
Copper	1
Stone, Dimension	1
Diatomite	1
Iron	1

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

Site	Commodity	Status
Bucoda Pit	Clay, Peat	Past Producer
Skookumchuck	Copper	Occurrence
Skookumchuck Pit	Stone	Producer
Spencer Deposit	Diatomite	Occurrence
St. Clair Lake	Iron	Prospect
Tumwater Sand & Gravel Pit	Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hercules Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
Western Quarry	Flagstone	Past Producer
14-B Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Army Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Columbia Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
County Line Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Delphi Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gate Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jones Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mottman Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Webber Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
29th Street Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ames Huntly Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Apple Avenue Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Bardeaux Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Capital Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Capitol Lake Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Case Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Crescent Well Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Crowder Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Decatur St. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Delaney Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Deschutes Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Duval Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fleetwood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gehrke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gleason Kearney Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grand Mound Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grand Mound Pit and Plant	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
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grove Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Hanna Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jackson's Meadow Tracts Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Jamerson Gravel Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Johnson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Jones Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Junction Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Lacey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Little Rock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Longmire Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Martin Sand & Gravel Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Maytown Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mcconnell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mima Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mima Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mottman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Nisqually Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
O & K Trucking Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Olsen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Olympia Sand & Gravel Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Page Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Peterson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pit No. 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Price Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Rainier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sandymere Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Scatter Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
South Mottman Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Spurgeon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Squires Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Steilacoom Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Stevens Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sundberg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Tallheimer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Tom Martin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Tom Martin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Tono A Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Tono B Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Tumwater Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Tumwater Sand & Gravel 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
Vail Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Vincent Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Western Junction Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Yelm Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Town by town, in the county's histories

11,947 words

The part of each published history that is about one town: 1 chapter, each reproduced complete.

Town	Chapter	From	Length
Olympia	Olympia, the Capital City of the State of Washington, and the Seat of	Olympia, the Capital City of the State of Washington, and the Seat of Government of Thurston County .. (1905)	11,947 words

The county's history books

129,576 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 1 chapter in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

Early History of Thurston County, Washington : Together with Biographies and Reminiscences of Those Identified with Pioneer Days (1914)

Chapter	Length
The whole text	129,576 words in 9 parts

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.

Beachcrest

Olympia census division · 98516 · On McAllister Creek · Nisqually quadrangle

17 sheets, 1940 to 1997
Belmore

Olympia West census division · 98512 · Maytown quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Bordeaux

Olympia West census division · 98512 · On Mill Creek · Littlerock quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992

No longer a settlement
Boston Harbor

Olympia census division · 98506 · Squaxin Island quadrangle

16 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Bucoda

Thurston South census division · 98530 · Bucoda quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Bush

Olympia census division · 98501 · Maytown quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Carlyon Beach

Olympia West census division · 98502 · Near Steamboat Island · Squaxin Island quadrangle

16 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Chaenn Hill

Thurston South census division · 98589 · Near Rocky Prairie · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Delphi

Olympia West census division · 98512 · On Beatty Creek · Littlerock quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
East Olympia

Olympia census division · 98501 · On Spurgeon Creek · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Edgewater Beach

Olympia West census division · 98502 · Squaxin Island quadrangle

16 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Elizan Beach

Olympia West census division · 98502 · Squaxin Island quadrangle

10 sheets, 1939 to 1988
Essex

Thurston South census division · 98579 · Near Grand Mound · Rochester quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Fir Tree

Thurston South census division · 98513 · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Five Corners

Olympia East census division · 98597 · Near Hammersmith Hill · McKenna quadrangle

19 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Four Corners

Olympia East census division · 98597 · Near Hammersmith Hill · McKenna quadrangle

19 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Grand Mound

Thurston South census division · 98531 · On Grand Mound · Rochester quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Gravelly Beach

Olympia West census division · 98502 · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Helsing Junction

Thurston South census division · 98579 · On Scatter Creek · Rochester quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Independence

Thurston South census division · 98579 · Oakville quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Kellys Korner

Olympia census division · 98513 · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Lacey

Olympia census division · 98503 · Near Woods Prairie · Lacey quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Lamberts Corner

Olympia census division · 98512 · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Littlerock

Thurston South census division · 98512 · On Waddell Creek · Littlerock quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Madrona Beach

Olympia West census division · 98502 · On Simmons Creek · Summit Lake quadrangle

10 sheets, 1939 to 1988
Marshville

Olympia census division · 98502 · On Schneider Creek · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997

No longer a settlement
Maytown

Thurston South census division · 98512 · On Allen Creek · Maytown quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
McIntosh

Thurston South census division · 98589 · Near Crawford Mountain · Bucoda quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Michigan Hill

Thurston South census division · 98579 · On Michigan Hill · Rochester quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Mima

Thurston South census division · 98512 · On Mima Creek · Rochester quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Mushroom Corner

Olympia East census division · 98503 · Near Hawks Prairie · Lacey quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Nisqually

Olympia East census division · 98513 · On Medicine Creek · Nisqually quadrangle

17 sheets, 1940 to 1997
North Olympia

Olympia census division · 98506 · On Woodard Creek · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
North Yelm

Olympia East census division · 98597 · Near Yelm Prairie · McKenna quadrangle

19 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Offutt Lake

Thurston South census division · 98589 · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Olympia

Olympia census division · 98501 · On Moxlie Creek · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Peterson Corner

Thurston South census division · 98579 · Rochester quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Plumb

Thurston South census division · 98501 · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Puget

Olympia census division · 98516 · Longbranch quadrangle

15 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Rainier

Thurston South census division · 98576 · Tenalquot Prairie quadrangle

19 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Rignall

Olympia West census division · 98502 · Squaxin Island quadrangle

16 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Rochester

Thurston South census division · 98579 · Near Baker Prairie · Rochester quadrangle

14 sheets, 1941 to 1992
Saint Clair

Olympia East census division · 98513 · Nisqually quadrangle

17 sheets, 1940 to 1997
Schneiders Prairie

Olympia West census division · 98502 · Near Schneider Prairie · Summit Lake quadrangle

10 sheets, 1939 to 1988
Skookumchuck

Thurston South census division · 98589 · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
South Bay

Olympia census division · 98506 · On Woodland Creek · Lacey quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
South Union

Olympia West census division · 98512 · Maytown quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Sunnydale

Thurston South census division · 98589 · Near Violet Prairie · Violet Prairie quadrangle

20 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Sunrise Beach

Olympia West census division · 98502 · On Simmons Creek · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Sunset Beach

Olympia census division · 98502 · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Tanglewilde

Olympia census division · 98503 · Near Hawks Prairie · Lacey quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Tenino

Thurston South census division · 98589 · Near Lemon Hill · Bucoda quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Thompson Place

Olympia census division · 98516 · Near Hawks Prairie · Lacey quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Tono

Thurston South census division · 98589 · Bucoda quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Tumwater

Olympia census division · 98512 · On Deschutes River · Tumwater quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Union Mill

Olympia census division · 98503 · Near Holmes Island · Lacey quadrangle

18 sheets, 1937 to 1997
Vail

Thurston South census division · 98576 · Near Ruth Prairie · Vail quadrangle

18 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Western Junction

Thurston South census division · 98589 · East Olympia quadrangle

21 sheets, 1916 to 1990
Yelm

Olympia East census division · 98597 · On Yelm Prairie · McKenna quadrangle

19 sheets, 1916 to 1990

The vanished settlements of Thurston 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.