Thurston County, Washington Basics:
Thurston County Washington - Government Site
Population: 234,670
Area: 727 square miles
County Seat: Olympia
Area Code(s) in use: 360
Time Zone: PST
Adjacent counties:
Grays Harbor Lewis Mason Pierce
Thurston County, Washington
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Places in Thurston County, Washington
Airport
Aero Plaza Airport, Bade Rotor and Wing Service Heliport, Black Hills Community Hospital Heliport, Cougar Mountain Airfield, Cricket Field, Fishtrap Heliport, Flying B Airport, Flying Carpet Airport, Gower Field, Kari Field, Northwest Helicopters Heliport, Olympia Municipal Airport, R and K Skyranch Airport, Sorrell Airport, Westwater Inn Heliport, Wissler's Airport, Yelm Airpark
Bar
Itsami Ledge, Olympia Shoal, Silver Spit
Bay
Baird Cove, Big Fishtrap, Big Tykel Cove, Boston Harbor, Budd Inlet, Burns Cove, Butler Cove, Butterball Cove, Chapman Bay, De Wolf Bight, Dogfish Bight, East Bay, Eld Inlet, Ellis Cove, Frye Cove, Gallagher Cove, Green Cove, Gull Harbor, Henderson Inlet, Hogum Bay, Hudson Cove, Little Fish Trap, Little Fishtrap, Little Tykle Cove, Mill Bight, Nisqually Reach, Percival Cove, Poncin Cove, Snyder Cove, Totten Inlet, West Bay, Woodard Bay, Young Cove, Zangle Cove
Beach
Countryside Beach
Building
Cedar Creek State Correction Center, Hotel Olympian, Old Capitol, Rignall Hall, Washington State Capitol, Washington State Capitol Museum
Canal
Blooms Ditch, Centralia Canal, Yelm Ditch
Cape
Burns Point, Capitol Point, Capitol Point, Cliff Point, Cooper Point, Cougar Point, Dickenson Point, Dofflemyer Point, Dover Point, Flapjack Point, Hunter Point, Jeal Point, Johnson Point, Percival Point, Percival Point, Priest Point, Rocky Point, Sandy Point, Sandy Point, Shell Point, Squaw Point, Warren Point, White Point
Cemetery
Forest Cemetery, Grand Mound Cemetery, Mount Tabor Cemetery, Olympic Memorial Garden Cemetery
Channel
Entrance Channel, Outter Channel
Civil
Thurston County
Cliff
Nisqually Head, Thirty-eight Infantry Bluff
Dam
Beaver Dam, Berger Dam, Centralia Dam, Cougar Mountain Farm Dam, Deschutes Dam, Dunlap Pond Dam, Grass Lake Dam, Kaufman Dam, Kyte Dam, Lake Lawrence Dam, Lake Lucinda Dam, McAllister Spring Lake Dam, Medicine Creek Reservoir Dam, Monte Vista Poultry Detention Pond Dam, Muskrat Dam, Nisqually Trout Farm Dam, Prince Dam, Skookumchuck Dam, Summit Lake Dam, Taber Dam, Tempo Lake Dam, Tumwater Falls Dam, Walentiny Dam
Falls
Deschutes Falls, Kennedy Falls, Mima Falls
Flat
Baker Prairie, Bush Prairie, Cedar Flats, Chambers Prairie, Connors Prairie, Frost Prairie, Grand Mound Prairie, Hawks Prairie, Little Chambers Prairie, Mima Prairie, Nisqually Flats, Rock Prairie, Rocky Prairie, Ruth Prairie, Schneider Prairie, Smith Prairie, Tenalquot Prairie, Violet Prairie, Woods Prairie, Yelm Prairie
Gap
Porter Pass
Gut
Big Slough
Hospital
Saint Peters Hospital
Island
Holmes Island, Kirby Island, Steamboat Island
Lake
Bald Hill Lake, Barnes Lake, Bass Lake, Bigelow Lake, Black Lake, Cat Lakes, Chambers Lake, Clear Lake, Deep Lake, Elbow Lake, Fagan Lake, Fiander Lake, Gehrke Lake, Goodwin Lake, Goose Pond, Grass Lake, Hazard Lake, Hewitt Lake, Hicks Lake, Inman Lake, Lake Fifteen, Lake Lawrence, Lake Lois, Lake Saint Clair, Long Lake, Lost Lake, McClure Lake, McEnniery Lake, McIntosh Lake, McKenzie Lake, Mud Lake, Munn Lake, Offutt Lake, Pattison Lake, Pitman Lake, Reichel Lake, Scott Lake, Setchfield Lake, Sheehan Lake, Simmons Lake, Smith Lake, Solberg Lake, Southwick Lake, Springer Lake, Sunwood Lake, Susan Lake, Trails End Lake, Trosper Lake, Ward Lake
Locale
Alder Lake Campground, Bordeaux Campground, Burnham Ranch, Capitol, Capitol Mall, Capitol Peak Lookout, Capitol Village Shopping Center, Dofflemyer Point Lighthouse, Fall Creek Campground, Forest Shores, Gate, Hawks Prairie Mall, Helsing Junction, Kyro, Lacey Village Shopping Center, Luhr Beach, Margaret McKenny Campground, Market Square, McAllister Rod Gun Club, Meadows, Memorial Swimming Pool, Middle Waddel Campground, Mina Falls Trailhead Campground, Mount Molly Campground, Nisqually, Olympia Substation, Olympia Water Supply, Pacific Plaza, Percivals Landing, Porcupine Lookout, Rainier Tower, Reichel Ranch, Roundtree Cabin, Rutledge Farm, Sanderson Harbor, Segale, Sherman Valley Campground, South Sound Center, South Sound Pavilion, Sundown Ranch, Tanglewilde Shopping Center, Tenino Junction, Westside Shopping Center, Wetica, Yardbird Shopping Center, Yew Tree Campground
Military (Historical)
Olympia Army Air Field (historical)
Park
Black River Habitat Management Area, Bucoda Volunteer Park, Capitol Lake Park, Grand Mound State Game Reserve, Historical Marker Fort Henness Site, Millersylvania State Park, Mima Mounds Natural Area, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Nisqually State Wildlife Recreation Area, Priest Point Park, Scatter Creek Wildlife Recreation Area, Tolmie State Park, Tolmie Underwater State Park
Pillar
Oregon Trail Monument
Populated Place
Beachcrest, Belmore, Bordeaux, Boston Harbor, Bucoda, Bush, Carlyon Beach, Chain Hill, Delphi, East Olympia, Edgewater Beach, Elizan Beach, Essex, Fir Tree, Five Corners, Four Corners, Grand Mound, Gravelly Beach, Helsing Junction, Independence, Kellys Korner, Lacey, Lamberts Corner, Littlerock, Madrona Beach, Marshville (historical), Maytown, McIntosh, Michigan Hill, Mima, Mushroom Corner, Nisqually, North Olympia, North Yelm, Offutt Lake, Olympia, Peterson Corner, Plumb, Puget, Rainier, Rignall, Rochester, Saint Clair, Schneiders Prairie, Skookumchuck, South Bay, South Union, Sunnydale, Sunrise Beach, Sunset Beach, Tenino, Thompson Place, Tono, Tumwater, Union Mill, Vail, Western Junction, Yelm
Range
Black Hills
Reserve
Nisqually Indian Reservation
Reservoir
Capitol Lake, Dunlap Pond, Grass Lake, Kaufman Pond, Lake Lawrence, Lake Lucinda, McAllister Spring Lake, Medicine Creek Reservoir, Monte Vista Poultry Detention Pond, Nelda Lake, Rondald W Taber Reservoir, Skookumchuck Reservoir, Summit Lake, Tempo Lake
Ridge
Porcupine Ridge, Shell Rock Ridge
School
Black Lake Elementary School, Boston Harbor Elementary School, Bucoda Grade School, Capital High School, Centennial Elementary School, Chinook Middle School, Collins School, East Olympia Elementary School, Evergreen Christian School, Evergreen Forest Elementary School, Faith Lutheran School, Fort Stevens Elementary School, Garfield Elementary School, Grand Mound Elementary School, Griffin Elementary School, Ground Mound Middle School, Holy Family School, Jefferson Middle School, Lacey Elementary School, Lake Washington High School, Lakes Elementary School, Leland P Brown Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School, Lydia Hawk Elementary School, Madison Elementary School, Maple Lane High School, McKenna Elementary School, McKinley School, McLane Elementary School, Mountain View Elementary School, Nazarene Christian School, New Century High School, Nisqually Middle School, North Thurston High School, Olympia Junior Academy, Olympia Waldorf School, Olympic View Elementary School, Our Redeemer Lutheran School, Parkside Elementary School, Peter G Schmidt Elementary School, Pioneer Elementary School, Pleasant Glade Elementary School, Puget Sound High School, Rainier Elementary School, Rainier Junior/Senior High School, Reeves Middle School, Rochester Elementary School, Rochester High School, Rogers Elementary School, Roosevelt Elementary School, Saint Martins College, Saint Michaels School, South Bay Elementary School, Southworth Elementary School, Tenino Elementary School, Tenino High School, Tenino Middle School, The Evergreen State College, Thurston County Off Campus School, Timberline High School, Tumbwater High School, Tumwater Middle School, Washington Middle School, Washington School, William Winlock Miller High School, Woodland Elementary School, Yelm Extension School, Yelm High School, Yelm Intermediate School, Yelm Middle School, Yelm Prairie Elementary School, Yelm Seventh Day Adventist School
Spring
Crystal Spring, McAllister Springs, Silver Spring
Stream
Allen Creek, Baumgard Creek, Beatty Creek, Beaver Creek, Bloody Run, Coffee Creek, Darlin Creek, Dempsey Creek, Deschutes River, Dry Creek, Eaton Creek, Edna Creek, Elbow Lake Creek, Ellis Creek, Fall Creek, Fall Creek, Fall Creek, Hospital Creek, Hull Creek, Indian Creek, Johnson Creek, Johnson Creek, Lackamas Creek, Laramie Creek, Little Deschutes River, Little Nisqually River, Lost Valley Creek, McAllister Creek, McLane Creek, Medicine Creek, Mill Creek, Mima Creek, Mitchell Creek, Monroe Creek, Moxlie Creek, Nisqually River, North Hanaford Creek, Noski Creek, Percival Creek, Perry Creek, Pheeny Creek, Pipeline Creek, Powell Creek, Prairie Creek, Run Creek, Salmon Creek, Salmon Creek, Scatter Creek, Schneider Creek, Schneider Creek, Sherman Creek, Simmons Creek, Spurgeon Creek, Stony Creek, Swift Creek, Thompson Creek, Thompson Creek, Thurston Creek, Tobolton Creek, Troller Run, Turvey Creek, Waddell Creek, Woodard Creek, Woodland Creek, Yelm Creek
Summit
Bald Hill, Bald Hill, Baumgard Hill, Blumaer Hill, Capitol Peak, Clam Mountain, Cosgrave Hill, Crawford Mountain, Fitch Hill, Fossil Rock, Grand Mound, Green Hill, Hammersmith Hill, Jonas Hill, Larch Mountain, Lemon Hill, Little Larch Mountain, Michigan Hill, Miller Hill, Monette Hill, Mount Molly, Northcraft Mountain, Rock Candy Mountain, Rumble Hill
Swamp
Parsnip Swamp
Tower
KAOS-FM (Olympia), KGY-AM (Olympia), KLDY-AM (Lacey), KQEU-AM (Olympia), KTOL-AM (Lacey), KVSN-AM (Tumwater)
Valley
Cozy Valley, Hanaford Valley, Lost Valley, Sherman Valley, Zenkner Valley
Woods
Blake Woods, Collard Woods, Trotter Woods
| Race | Population |
| White |  203,481 |
| Asian | 11,599 |
| Mixed | 7,943 |
| Black | 6,592 |
| American Indian | 3,802 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 1,253 |
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