Vaughn, Washington

Coordinates: 47°20′39″N 122°45′47″W / 47.34417°N 122.76306°W

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Vaughn, Washington
Unincorporated community & CDP
Vaughn, Washington
Coordinates: 47°20′39″N 122°45′47″W / 47.34417°N 122.76306°W / 47.34417; -122.76306
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Pierce
Area
• Total	2.3 sq mi (6 km²)
• Land	1.42 sq mi (3.7 km²)
• Water	0.88 sq mi (2.3 km²)
Elevation	30 ft (9 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	98394
Area code	253
GNIS feature ID	1512759^[1]

Vaughn is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Vaughn is located on Vaughn Bay in the northwestern Key Peninsula. Vaughn has a post office with ZIP code 98394.^[2]

Vaughn was named for W.D. Vaughn, who settled in the area around 1851.^[3]

Vaughn was once an important port for the Key Peninsula. From the 1870s to the 1920s, transportation needs for Vaughn and other communities along Case Inlet were once served by a small flotilla of steamboats.^[4] The local community based monthly newspaper called the North Bay Review, services Allyn.^[5]

Climate

This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Vaughn has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.^[6]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vaughn, Washington
^ ZIP Code Lookup
^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 326.
^ Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound, (2008) Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0-7385-5607-6, at pages 10-11, 18, 27 and 35.
^ "Outlook Writing & Design | North Bay Review". www.outlookwriting.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2005.
^ Climate Summary for Vaughn, Washington

v t e Municipalities and communities of Pierce County, Washington, United States
County seat: Tacoma
Cities	Auburn‡ Bonney Lake Buckley DuPont Edgewood Enumclaw‡ Fife Fircrest Gig Harbor Lakewood Milton‡ Orting Pacific‡ Puyallup Roy Ruston Sumner Tacoma University Place	Map of Washington highlighting Pierce County
Towns	Carbonado Eatonville South Prairie Steilacoom Wilkeson
CDPs	Alder Alderton Anderson Island Artondale Ashford Browns Point Canterwood Clear Lake Clover Creek Crocker Dash Point Elbe Elk Plain Fife Heights Fort Lewis Fox Island Frederickson Graham Greenwater Herron Island Home Kapowsin Ketron Island Key Center La Grande Lake Tapps Longbranch Maplewood McChord AFB McKenna McMillin Midland North Fort Lewis North Puyallup Parkland Prairie Heights Prairie Ridge Purdy Raft Island Rosedale South Creek South Hill Spanaway Stansberry Lake Summit Summit View Tehaleh Vaughn Waller Wauna Wollochet
Other communities	Burnett Cromwell Electron Glencove Lakebay McNeil Island Paradise Reliance
Indian reservation	Muckleshoot‡ Puyallup
Military bases	Joint Base Lewis–McChord (Fort Lewis, McChord Field)
Ghost towns	Fairfax Hillhurst Melmont
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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