Rainier
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city in Thurston County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Thurston
- Established
- October 20, 1947
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Robert Shaw
- Total
- 1.74 sq mi (4.50 km )
- Land
- 1.74 sq mi (4.50 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 433 ft (132 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 2,486
- Density
- 1,315.7/sq mi (508.01/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-57220
- Website
- cityofrainierwa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Rainier
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Thurston County
- Population
- 2369
- Area
- 4.481689
- Elevation
- 433
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- cityofrainierwa.org
- Image
- 1915 Historic Schoolhouse.JPG
- Households
- 871
- Dialing code
- 360
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- Commons category
- Rainier, Washington
- postal code
- 98576
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 26729
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Encyclopedic overview
Rainier (/reɪˈnɪər/ ray-NEER) is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. Beginning as a train stop in the 1870s, Rainier was first settled in 1890 and would become known as a logging town. The city was officially incorporated in 1947. As of the 2020 census, Rainier had a population of 2,369.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rainier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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