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Curtis, Washington - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 46°35′13″N 123°06′36″W / 46.58694°N 123.11000°W

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Curtis, Washington
Unincorporated community
The Curtis Store
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Coordinates: 46°35′13″N 123°06′36″W / 46.58694°N 123.11000°W / 46.58694; -123.11000
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Lewis
Elevation	^[1]230 ft (70 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
zip code	98538
Area code	360

Curtis is an unincorporated community in Washington.^[1] It is located less than 3-miles north of Boistfort and is south of Washington State Route 6. The South Fork Chehalis River flows thru the town.

History

A post office has been in operation since 1901 inside the Curtis General Store. Benjamin L. Curtis, the first postmaster of the area, built the store and gave the community his name.^[2]^[3]

At its founding, the town's economy was based on logging and farming,^[4] particularly hops. The Klaber Hop Fields (Farm) once existed in Curtis, overlapping with the communities of Boistfort and Klaber. Recorded at 360 acres (150 ha), it was the largest hops field in the world for a time.^[5]

Arts and culture

Historic buildings and sites

Curtis is home to two listings on the National Register of Historic Places, the Boistfort High School and the Wolfenbarger Site.^[6] A railroad covered bridge existed in Curtis but was removed in 1975 in favor of a steel girder crossing.^[7]

Education

The community once had a two-room schoolhouse.^[4] Curtis students are now served by the Boistfort School District and the Boistfort Consolidated School.^[8]

Government and politics

Politics

Presidential Elections Results
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2020^[9]	72.87% 180	26.32% 65	0.81% 2

Curtis has historically voted Republican and conservative. As this is an unincorporated community, there are no defined bounds, and the precinct may be incongruous with the census boundaries.

The 2020 election included 2 votes for candidates of the Libertarian Party and 2 votes for write-in candidates.

Notable people

Warren A. Taylor, first Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Curtis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 62.
^ "Postoffice Is Still at Curtis". The Daily Chronicle. June 6, 1953. p. 24C. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Alleva, Paul (March 30, 2002). "Stories from Curtis residents recall days of glory". The Chronicle. pp. 14–15. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
^ The Chronicle staff (April 27, 2007). "Enjoy Some Roadside History". The Chronicle. p. 14. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
^ McCracken, Gordon (June 18, 1977). "Boistfort site hops on register". The Daily Chronicle. p. W3. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
^ Hoxit, Eric (January 17, 1975). "Covered bridge threatened". The Daily Chronicle. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
^ "Boistfort School District". boistfortschool.org. Boistfort School District.
^ "Lewis County 2020 Election". Results.Vote.WA. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
^ "Town Talk". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. June 9, 1933. p. 7. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lewis County, Washington, United States
County seat: Chehalis
Cities	Centralia Chehalis Morton Mossyrock Napavine Toledo Vader Winlock	Map of Washington highlighting Lewis County
Town	Pe Ell
CDPs	Fords Prairie Mineral Onalaska Packwood
Unincorporated communities	Adna Alpha Boistfort Cinebar Curtis Doty Dryad Ethel Evaline Forest Galvin Glenoma Harmony Littell Mary's Corner Mayfield McCormick Meskill Randle Saint Urban Salkum Silver Creek Swofford Wildwood Wilson Winston
Former communities	Ceres Cora
Ghost towns	Burnt Ridge Kopiah Lindberg Mendota Walville
Flooded towns	Kosmos Nesika Riffe
Indian reservation	Yakama Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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