Gettysburg, Washington

Ghost town in Washington, United States

48°09′25″N 123°49′35″W / 48.15694°N 123.82639°W / 48.15694; -123.82639CountryUnited StatesStateWashingtonCountyClallamEstablished1890Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

Gettysburg was a town near the mouth of the Lyre River at the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Clallam County, in the U.S. state of Washington.^[1]

The community was named after Robert N. Getty, a businessman in the lumber industry.^[2] The 30-year-old Getty settled in the area in 1887 and built several structures that served a local logging boom.^[3] A post office called Gettysburgh was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1926.^[4] In 1912, Gettysburg postmaster, Ida M. Simmons, was convicted of embezzling $814 from the US government and she served a "unique" sentence of one hour in prison.^[5] Gettysburg had a steamboat connection to Puget Sound cities.^[6]

By 1976 it was reported that nothing remained of the town of Gettysburg except its name.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gettysburg, Washington
^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 97.
^ ^a ^b "Chapter 38: Development of the West End". The Daily News. Port Angeles, Washington. September 17, 1976. p. 17.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "Woman serves sentence of one hour for theft". The Seattle Star. December 14, 1912. p. 6.
^ "The State by Counties (Clallam county)". State of Washington: Second and Third Annual Reports of the Railroad Commission of Washington. Olympia, Washington: E. L. Boardman. 1909. p. 102.