Evaline, Washington

Evaline is a small unincorporated community in Washington, USA,^[1] south of Napavine and 3 miles north of Winlock.

Evaline Elementary School is located at 111 Schoolhouse Rd, Winlock, WA, 98596 (Lewis County). It is a K-6 school with 36 students 2006.

History

• The earliest white settlers in this area were the Urquharts and the MacDonalds.
• Sedate W. Porter (b. Feb 12, 1867, Pennsylvania; d. March 10, 1927, Lewis Co., WA) founded the town and established the post office on Feb. 14, 1906, which was open until 1930.^[2]
• Northern Pacific Railroad operations began from Kalama to Evaline, Washington (25 miles). July 1, 1872 ^[3]

(Hunt and Kaylor, p. 448). The PO was discontinued Nov. 15, 1930 (Ramsey, p. 125). The Evaline School district serves the two-room Evaline Elementary School. Middle school and high school students are bused to Winlock (Nix, p. 41).

Coordinates: 46°32′22″N 122°56′17″W / 46.53944°N 122.93806°W / 46.53944; -122.93806

References

Municipalities and communities of Lewis County, Washington, United States County seat: Chehalis Cities Centralia Chehalis Morton Mossyrock Napavine Toledo Vader Winlock Town Pe Ell CDPs Fords Prairie Mineral Onalaska Packwood Other unincorporated communities Adna Alpha Boistfort Bunker Ceres Cinebar Claquato Curtis Doty Dryad Ethel Evaline Forest Galvin Glenoma Guerrier Harmony Kalber Klaber Knab Kosmos Lacamas Lindberg Littell Marys Corner Newaukum Randle Saint Urban Salkum Silver Creek Waunch Prairie Wildwood