Bolster

Bolster is a ghost town in Okanogan County, Washington, USA. In 1899, the town was plotted by J.S. McBride, who named it for the Spokane financier Herman Bolster.

Type: ghost town
Description: human settlement in Washington, United States of America
Also known as: “Bolster, Washington”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chesaw and Rock Creek.

Chesaw

Hamlet

Photo: A. Balet, CC BY 3.0.

Chesaw is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington. Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman. Chesaw is situated 2 miles south of Bolster.

Rock Creek

Hamlet

Photo: AndrewEnns, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rock Creek is a settlement in the Boundary Country region of south central British Columbia. The unincorporated settlement is mostly on the southwest side of the Kettle River at the confluence with Rock Creek. Rock Creek is situated 6 miles north of Bolster.

Bolster

Location: Okanogan, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

48.9724° or 48° 58′ 21″ north

Longitude

-119.03893° or 119° 2′ 20″ west

Elevation

2,759 feet (841 metres)

Open location code

85W2XXC6+XC

GeoNames ID

5787742

Wikidata ID

Q4940081

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In Other Languages

“Bolster” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Bolster, Washington”
Welsh: “Bolster”

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