Ford, Washington

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Ford is an unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, United States. It is on Washington State Route 231 {{convert|10.5|mi|km}} south-southwest of Springdale. Ford has a post office with ZIP code 99013.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=99013&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup] Ford has a nondenominational community church. A little-known historical monument commemorating the Tshimakain Mission stands just outside of the main town.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

Geography

Ford is located in southern Stevens County, approximately five miles north of the Spokane River which serves as the county's southern border. Tshimakain Creek flows into Chamokane Creek at Ford, which flows from the northwest across the Walkers Prairie through Ford and ultimately into the Spokane River.{{cite web |title=Ford Quadrangle |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=5f1238abc4c5de764b8c5f8a76f3642e |website=usgs.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=2023}} Chamokane Creek serves as the boundary of the Spokane Indian Reservation, which is located immediately west of Ford.{{cite web |title=Map of the Spokane Indian Reservation |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4282s.ct000268/?r=0.092,0.079,0.861,0.397,0 |website=loc.gov |publisher=W. M. Manning |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=1910}}

Washington State Route 231 is the main road through Ford.{{cite web |title=WSDOT Region Milepost Maps |url=https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-05/MilepostMapAllRegions.pdf |website=wsdot.wa.gov |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=6 June 2024}}

Ford is located in a mountainous area at the base of Happy Hill, which rises more than 600 feet immediately to the southeast of the community. The northeast–southwest trending Walkers Prairie and valley floor along which Chamokane Creek flows is relatively flat and at an elevation of between 1,700 and 1,800 feet above sea level in the vicinity of the community.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Stevens County, Washington

Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)