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Tumwater
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city in Thurston County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Thurston
- Incorporated
- November 25, 1869
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Leatta Dahlhoff
- Total
- 17.76 sq mi (46.00 km )
- Land
- 17.50 sq mi (45.32 km )
- Water
- 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km )
- Elevation
- 174 ft (53 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 27,826
- Density
- 1,372.8/sq mi (530.04/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (PDT)
- Zip codes
- 98501, 98511–98512
- Fips code
- 53-72905
- Website
- ci.tumwater.wa.us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tumwater is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 25,350 at the 2020 census. The city is situated near where the Deschutes River enters Budd Inlet, the southernmost point of Puget Sound; it also borders the state capital of Olympia to the north. Tumwater is the oldest permanent Anglo-American settlement on Puget Sound. The city is the southern gateway to the wider Seattle/Tacoma urban area, which stretches from Tumwater to Marysville along the Interstate 5 corridor.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tumwater” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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