Attalia, Washington

{{Short description|Ghost town in Washington (state)}}

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Attalia ({{IPAc-en|ae|'|t|ae|l|j|@}}){{cite book | last = Phillips | first = James W. | title = Washington State Place Names | url = https://archive.org/details/washingtonstatep00phil | url-access = registration | publisher = University of Washington Press | year = 1971 | location = Seattle and London | pages = 9 | isbn = 0-295-95498-1}} is an extinct town in Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.{{GNIS|1510793}} Attalia was located on the East shore of the Columbia River some 8 miles downriver from Burbank.

A post office called Attalia was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1952.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=18 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120103/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA |archivedate=6 March 2016 }} According to tradition, the town was named after a place in Italy.{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=26|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=10}} The townsite was submerged in Lake Wallula upon completion of McNary Dam in 1953.{{cite web |title=Historic Perspective |url=https://www.wwcfd5.org/historic-perspective |publisher=Walla Walla County Fire District 5 |access-date=December 21, 2024}}

Attalia was a stop on both the Northern Pacific Railway and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company in 1909.[http://www.usgwarchives.net/maps/washington/wa-crams/wallawal.jpg Image] usgwarchives.net