Electron

Electron is an unincorporated community in Pierce County in the state of Washington, US. Electron sits along the Puyallup River just northeast of Lake Kapowsin and is the site of the Electron Hydroelectric Project, a power plant operated by Puget Power.

Type: Hamlet
Description: place in Pierce County, Washington (state), USA
Also known as: “Electron, Washington”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Electron Hydroelectric Project.

Electron Hydroelectric Project

Power station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Electron Hydroelectric Project, originally known as the Puyallup Project, is a hydroelectric power plant operated by Electron Hydro LLC on the Puyallup River in Pierce County, Washington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kapowsin and Graham.

Kapowsin

Village

Kapowsin is a census-designated place located approximately 25 miles southeast of Tacoma in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The 2020 Census placed the population at 249. Kapowsin is situated 2 miles west of Electron.

Graham

Town

Photo: brewbooks, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Graham is a census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is located 16.2 miles southeast of Tacoma. The population was 23,491 at the 2010 census and grew to 32,658 at the 2020 census. Graham is situated 5 miles northwest of Electron.

Electron

Categories: geographical feature and locality
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.9926° or 46° 59′ 33″ north

Longitude

-122.19428° or 122° 11′ 39″ west

Elevation

584 feet (178 metres)

Open location code

84RVXRV4+27

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150954320

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5793538

Wikidata ID

Q14713641

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to South Azerbaijani—“Electron” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Electron”
French: “Electron”
German: “Electron”
Hungarian: “Electron”
Italian: “Electron”
Persian: “الکترون، واشینگتن”
Persian: “الکترون”
South Azerbaijani: “الکترون، واشینقتون”

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Notable Places Nearby

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