The government of the U.S. state of Washington recognizes several classifications of municipalities, which can be broadly divided into cities and towns. The following is a complete list of Washington's towns as recognized by state and federal government.
See also: List of cities in Washington, List of census-designated places in Washington, and List of unincorporated communities in WashingtonCounty seat
| Name | County | Population (2011 est.) |
Population (2010) |
Land area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | Whitman | 587 | 579 | 69993600000000000000.36 sq mi (0.93 km2) |
| Almira | Lincoln | 282 | 284 | 69995200000000000000.52 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Beaux Arts Village | King | 304 | 299 | 69988000000000000000.08 sq mi (0.21 km2) |
| Bucoda | Thurston | 572 | 562 | 69995699999999000000.57 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Carbonado | Pierce | 617 | 610 | 69994200000000000000.42 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Cathlamet | Wahkiakum | 534 | 532 | 69994900000000000000.49 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Colton | Whitman | 423 | 418 | 69995900000000000000.59 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Conconully | Okanogan | 211 | 210 | 69993100000000000000.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| Concrete | Skagit | 712 | 705 | 70001220000000000001.22 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
| Coulee City | Grant | 576 | 562 | 69999000000000000000.90 sq mi (2.3 km2) |
| Coulee Dam | Okanogan Douglas Grant |
1,107 | 1,098 | 69997200000000000000.72 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
| Coupeville | Island | 1,842 | 1,831 | 70001230000000000001.23 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
| Creston | Lincoln | 233 | 236 | 69994500000000000000.45 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| Cusick | Pend Oreille | 206 | 207 | 69994500000000000000.45 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| Darrington | Snohomish | 1,365 | 1,347 | 70001650000000000001.65 sq mi (4.3 km2) |
| Eatonville | Pierce | 2,791 | 2,758 | 70001820000000000001.82 sq mi (4.7 km2) |
| Elmer City | Okanogan | 239 | 238 | 69992100000000000000.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) |
| Endicott | Whitman | 293 | 289 | 69992899900000000000.29 sq mi (0.75 km2) |
| Fairfield | Spokane | 615 | 612 | 69996200000000000000.62 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| Farmington | Whitman | 147 | 146 | 69993400000000000000.34 sq mi (0.88 km2) |
| Friday Harbor | San Juan | 2,178 | 2,162 | 70002090099999000002.09 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| Garfield | Whitman | 605 | 597 | 69998800000000000000.88 sq mi (2.3 km2) |
| Hamilton | Skagit | 303 | 301 | 70001120000000000001.12 sq mi (2.9 km2) |
| Harrah | Yakima | 635 | 625 | 69992200000000000000.22 sq mi (0.57 km2) |
| Hartline | Grant | 155 | 151 | 69993300000000000000.33 sq mi (0.85 km2) |
| Hatton | Adams | 101 | 101 | 69993700000000000000.37 sq mi (0.96 km2) |
| Hunts Point | King | 403 | 394 | 69992899900000000000.29 sq mi (0.75 km2) |
| Index | Snohomish | 180 | 178 | 69992300000000000000.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) |
| Ione | Pend Oreille | 444 | 447 | 69995300000000000000.53 sq mi (1.4 km2) |
| Krupp | Grant | 49 | 48 | 69995900000000000000.59 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| La Conner | Skagit | 901 | 891 | 69994100099999000000.41 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| LaCrosse | Whitman | 317 | 313 | 69997800000000000000.78 sq mi (2.0 km2) |
| Lamont | Whitman | 70 | 70 | 69992899900000000000.29 sq mi (0.75 km2) |
| Latah | Spokane | 185 | 183 | 69993100000000000000.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| Lind | Adams | 574 | 564 | 70001070000000000001.07 sq mi (2.8 km2) |
| Lyman | Skagit | 444 | 438 | 69996700000000000000.67 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| Malden | Whitman | 206 | 203 | 69996700000000000000.67 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| Mansfield | Douglas | 325 | 320 | 69993100000000000000.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| Marcus | Stevens | 182 | 183 | 69992300000000000000.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) |
| Metaline | Pend Oreille | 173 | 173 | 69993100000000000000.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| Metaline Falls | Pend Oreille | 237 | 238 | 69992100000000000000.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) |
| Naches | Yakima | 808 | 795 | 69996900099999000000.69 sq mi (1.8 km2) |
| Nespelem | Okanogan | 234 | 236 | 69991900000000000000.19 sq mi (0.49 km2) |
| Northport | Stevens | 296 | 295 | 69995799900000000000.58 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Oakesdale | Whitman | 427 | 422 | 70001040000000000001.04 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| Odessa | Lincoln | 903 | 910 | 69998200099999000000.82 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| Pe Ell | Lewis | 636 | 632 | 69995900000000000000.59 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Reardan | Lincoln | 567 | 571 | 69994900000000000000.49 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Riverside | Okanogan | 282 | 280 | 69999700000000000000.97 sq mi (2.5 km2) |
| Rockford | Spokane | 473 | 470 | 69996800000000000000.68 sq mi (1.8 km2) |
| Rosalia | Whitman | 558 | 550 | 69996200000000000000.62 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| St. John | Whitman | 544 | 537 | 69996300000000000000.63 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| Skykomish | King | 202 | 198 | 69993100000000000000.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| South Cle Elum | Kittitas | 542 | 532 | 69993900000000000000.39 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| South Prairie | Pierce | 439 | 434 | 69993900000000000000.39 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
| Springdale | Stevens | 285 | 285 | 70001139900000999991.14 sq mi (3.0 km2) |
| Starbuck | Columbia | 128 | 129 | 69992100000000000000.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) |
| Steilacoom | Pierce | 6,056 | 5,985 | 70002040000000000002.04 sq mi (5.3 km2) |
| Twisp | Okanogan | 926 | 919 | 70001180000000000001.18 sq mi (3.1 km2) |
| Uniontown | Whitman | 298 | 294 | 69999300000000000000.93 sq mi (2.4 km2) |
| Washtucna | Adams | 212 | 208 | 69996900099999000000.69 sq mi (1.8 km2) |
| Waterville | Douglas | 1,155 | 1,138 | 69998700000000000000.87 sq mi (2.3 km2) |
| Waverly | Spokane | 106 | 106 | 69994100099999000000.41 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Wilbur | Lincoln | 877 | 884 | 70001370000000000001.37 sq mi (3.5 km2) |
| Wilkeson | Pierce | 483 | 477 | 69994700000000000000.47 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| Wilson Creek | Grant | 209 | 205 | 69999600000000000000.96 sq mi (2.5 km2) |
| Winthrop | Okanogan | 397 | 394 | 69999400000000000000.94 sq mi (2.4 km2) |
| Yacolt | Clark | 1,595 | 1,566 | 69995000000000000000.50 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Yarrow Point | King | 1,022 | 1,001 | 69993600000000000000.36 sq mi (0.93 km2) |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, towns and/or washington:
“Sheathey call him Scholar Jack
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passersall.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (18461925)
“Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of womens issues.”
—Charlotte Bunch (b. 1944)
“For months it hasnt known the taste of steel
Washed down with rusty water in a tin.
But standing outdoors hungry, in the cold,
Except in towns at night, is not a sin.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“I date the end of the old republic and the birth of the empire to the invention, in the late thirties, of air conditioning. Before air conditioning, Washington was deserted from mid-June to September.... But after air conditioning and the Second World War arrived, more or less at the same time, Congress sits and sits while the presidentsor at least their staffsnever stop making mischief.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)