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Dryad, Washington

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The Doty-Dryad area, before it was settled, was once known as North Prairie. The community became known as Salal. The name Dryad was supplied by Northern Pacific Railway officials around 1890 at the suggestion of Willam C. Albee, who was superintendent of the Pacific Division of the NP. In mythology,
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The Dryad Community Baptist Church was built in 1903 and has remained open since its construction. Renovations in 2006 were done to the bell tower and roof, with
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fir and teemed with abundant wildlife, including cougars which caused issues for farmers attempting to raise cattle. The closest post office at the time was in
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This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the
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River Run passes through Dryad. Held since 1978, the event consists of entrants buying or building water crafts and floating down the
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was a wood nymph. Albee figured that a dryad might find itself right at home living in the local fir and cedar trees.
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The lands were first settled in 1852 by Joseph and Karolina Mauermann, Austrian immigrants who traveled by
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Dryad is one of many former lumber towns that sprang up on the Willapa Harbor Line (
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Northern Pacific Railroad station, Dryad, Washington, ca. 1915
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The 2020 election included 2 votes for candidates of the
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Unincorporated communities in Lewis County, Washington
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Unincorporated community
Northern Pacific Railroad station, Dryad, Washington, ca. 1915
Dryad is located in Washington (state)
Dryad is located in the United States
46°38′12″N 123°15′05″W / 46.63667°N 123.25139°W / 46.63667; -123.25139
Country
State
Washington
County
Lewis
Time zone
UTC-8
Pacific (PST)
DST
UTC-7
zip code
Area code
360
unincorporated community
Lewis County, Washington
Doty
Adna
Washington State Route 6
Chehalis River
dryad

wagon train
Missouri
old growth
Olympia

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