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Shelton
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county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Mason
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Eric Onisko
- Total
- 6.25 sq mi (16.18 km )
- Land
- 5.81 sq mi (15.05 km )
- Water
- 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km )
- Elevation
- 197 ft (60 m)
- Density
- 1,785/sq mi (689.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-63735
- Website
- sheltonwa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Shelton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mason County
- Population
- 10371
- Area
- 15.768023
- Elevation
- 7
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Capital of
- Mason County
- Official website
- www.ci.shelton.wa.us
- Image
- Aerial view of Sanderson Field, September 2022.JPG
- Households
- 3416
- Dialing code
- 360
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- inception
- 1889-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shelton, Washington
- P8168
- Tarim River
- postal code
- 98584
- Commons category
- Shelton, Washington
- water as percent of area
- 5.4678
- per capita income
- 20652
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelton is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States. Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census. Shelton has a council–manager form of government and was the last city in Washington to use a mayor–commission form of government.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shelton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.