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During early talks to build a tsunami evacuation tower, studies were undertaken by the
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In 1854, J. F. Barrows settled on Toke Point, but left only a few years later. No other known settlers appeared in the area until the arrival of George Brown in 1858. In 1885, Brown's daughter Lizzie, and her husband, William
Kindred, built a home that became the Kindred Inn, and eventually as the
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living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.84.
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Tokeland Hotel. When the town's first post office was established in 1894, the
Kindreds operated it, and continued doing so for 17 years. Lizzie Kindred was also partial owner of the Tokeland Oyster Company when it opened in 1905.
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Libby
Denkmann; Tom Banse; Jason Burrows (August 10, 2022).
874:"Coastal tribe builds tsunami refuge tower in SW Washington"
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954:Climate Summary for Tokeland, Washington
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1078:"NRHP Nomination Form - Tokeland Hotel"
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607:The ancestry of Tokeland was 15.1%
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419:warm-summer Mediterranean climate
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141:0.5 sq mi (1.3 km)
58:Location of Tokeland, Washington
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928:Zucco, Erica (August 5, 2022).
824:"History of the Tokeland Hotel"
734:United States Geological Survey
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792:"Tokeland Hotel: A History"
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565:there were 106.7 males.
367:Tsunami evacuation tower
309:Tokeland is named after
417:system, Tokeland has a
384:Tokeland is located in
276:census-designated place
186:320/sq mi (120/km)
46:Post office in Tokeland
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361:Port of Willapa Harbor
83:46.70917°N 123.98778°W
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1082:National Park Service
1025:"Explore Census Data"
699:"U.S. Census website"
430:Historical population
209: • Summer (
1394:United States portal
357:The Great Depression
315:Shoalwater Bay Tribe
183: • Density
165:7 ft (2 m)
88:46.70917; -123.98778
25:Tokeland, Washington
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790:McCausland, Ruth.
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1147:County seat
939:December 2,
910:December 2,
858:October 19,
853:HistoryLink
833:October 19,
808:October 18,
708:January 31,
667:Willapa Bay
619:, and 3.9%
580:2020 census
551:Census 2000
509:2000 census
502:2020 Census
390:Cedar River
386:Willapa Bay
349:Willapa Bay
323:Willapa Bay
319:John Meares
292:2010 census
288:2020 census
86: /
74:123°59′16″W
1410:Categories
1302:North Cove
1237:Ocean Park
1217:Bay Center
1187:South Bend
1177:Long Beach
1154:South Bend
998:. May 2023
724:"Tokeland"
683:References
588:people, 1
513:As of the
345:North Cove
311:Chief Toke
299:Chief Toke
284:Washington
262:feature ID
170:Population
115:Washington
71:46°42′33″N
1335:Frankfort
1267:Bruceport
976:April 23,
884:August 9,
657:in 1978.
613:Norwegian
545:and 5.7%
380:Geography
325:in 1788.
278:(CDP) in
250:FIPS code
238:Area code
192:Time zone
162:Elevation
1355:Seahaven
1340:Knappton
1242:Tokeland
905:KUOW.org
661:See also
604:origin.
537:, 14.5%
535:American
529:, 1.03%
525:, 5.67%
272:Tokeland
254:53-71680
226:ZIP code
1345:McGowan
1312:Seaview
1282:Holcomb
1277:Frances
1247:Willapa
1232:Naselle
1222:Chinook
1182:Raymond
1088:July 9,
1062:July 9,
1034:May 22,
1002:May 12,
766:May 21,
632:Spanish
628:English
615:, 5.9%
611:, 9.8%
547:Finnish
541:, 9.2%
409:Climate
313:of the
305:History
265:1512729
127:Pacific
100:Country
1292:Megler
1172:Ilwaco
1164:Cities
634:, nor
621:German
609:Polish
598:Asians
543:French
515:census
480:−22.2%
435:Census
122:County
1297:Nemah
1287:Menlo
1257:Other
1227:Lebam
802:(PDF)
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617:Irish
592:, 17
586:White
539:Irish
531:Asian
523:White
274:is a
231:98590
220:(PDT)
218:UTC-7
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