Ward, Washington
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|subdivision_name2 = Stevens
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|timezone = Pacific (PST)
|utc_offset = -8
|timezone_DST = PDT
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|postal_code = 99141
|area_code = 509
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|blank_info = 1531531{{gnis|1531531}}
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Ward is an unincorporated community in Stevens County, in the U.S. state of Washington.{{GNIS|1531531}} It is located a mile-and-a-half east of Kettle Falls on U.S. Route 395.{{cite web |title=Kettle Falls Quadrangle |url=https://www.mytopo.com/products/quad.cfm?code=o48118e1 |website=mytopo.com |publisher=USGS |access-date=26 October 2021}}
History
A post office called Ward was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1933.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=WA | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 August 2016}} The community has the name of Thomas Ward.{{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=350|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=334}}
References
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{{Stevens County, Washington}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Stevens County, Washington
Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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