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Centralia
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city in Lewis County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Lewis
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Kelly Smith Johnston
- Total
- 7.81 sq mi (20.22 km )
- Land
- 7.62 sq mi (19.74 km )
- Water
- 0.19 sq mi (0.48 km )
- Elevation
- 164 ft (50 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 19,061
- Density
- 2,385.7/sq mi (921.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-11160
- Website
- cityofcentralia .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Centralia (/sɛnˈtreɪliə/) is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. It is located along Interstate 5 near the midpoint between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. The city had a population of 18,183 at the 2020 census. Centralia is twinned with Chehalis, located to the south near the confluence of the Chehalis and Newaukum rivers.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Centralia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.