Vail, Washington
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name2 = Thurston
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|population_total =1795
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|timezone = Pacific (PST)
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|elevation_ft = 430
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Vail is an unincorporated community in Thurston County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The community lies south of Rainier and Washington State Route 507.
History
The community was named after William Vail, the original owner of the town site.{{cite web | url=http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/permitting/historic/docs/Place-Names.pdf | title=Thurston County Place Names: A Heritage Guide | publisher=Thurston County Historical Commission | date=1992 | accessdate=31 March 2024 | pages=92 | archive-date=24 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324163309/https://www.co.thurston.wa.us/permitting/historic/docs/Place-Names.pdf | url-status=dead }} The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company established Vail in 1927 as a company town, and the population peaked at about 600, but by 1969 only ten houses remained.{{cite book |last=Carlson |first=Linda |author-link= |date=2003 |title=Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3fRAgAAQBAJ&dq=vail+thurston+county&pg=PA238 |location=Seattle, WA |publisher=University of Washington Press |page=238 |isbn=978-0-295-80553-5}}
A post office was in operation at Vail from 1930 until 1963.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=WA&county=Thurston | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=31 March 2018}}
See also
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Thurston County, Washington
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