Amber, Washington

Coordinates: 47°21′07″N 117°42′42″W / 47.3518317°N 117.7115986°W

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Amber, Washington
Unincorporated community
Amber, Washington
Coordinates: 47°21′07″N 117°42′42″W / 47.3518317°N 117.7115986°W / 47.3518317; -117.7115986
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Spokane
Elevation	2,251 ft (686 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	99004

Amber is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, United States.^[2] The town, which has few residents, is located along Amber Lake. Amber is assigned the ZIP code 99004.

Originally the town and lake were named Calvert, for Samuel Calvert, who moved to this area in the 1890s. A post office was established nearby by Bartley Costello in 1909, who named it Amber. It remained in operation until 1975.^[3] The town changed its name during the 1910s to Amber (and then changed the lake name to Amber) to avoid confusion and expedite the mail service.^[4]^[5]

References

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^ "Amber Summary Report". nationalmap.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amber, Washington
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 6.
^ "Washington Place Names: Amber". Tacoma Public Library Digital Collection. Tacoma Public Library. Retrieved July 25, 2020.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Spokane County, Washington, United States
County seat: Spokane
Cities	Airway Heights Cheney Deer Park Liberty Lake Medical Lake Millwood Spangle Spokane Spokane Valley	Map of Washington highlighting Spokane County
Towns	Fairfield Latah Rockford Waverly
CDPs	Country Homes Fairchild AFB Fairwood Four Lakes Green Bluff Mead Otis Orchards-East Farms Town and Country
Unincorporated communities	Amber Buckeye Chattaroy Colbert Dartford Deep Creek Denison Dynamite Elk Espanola Freeman Geiger Heights Glenrose Hazard Marshall Mica Milan Newman Lake Nine Mile Falls Orchard Prairie Peone Plaza Spokane Bridge Tyler Valleyford
Ghost towns	Mock Rodna
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