Ketron Island
Steilacoom, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern Puget Sound, is the oldest incorporated town in Washington state. It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.Photo: Drums600, Public domain.
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “Ketron Island, WA”, “Ketron Island, Washington”, “Kitron’s Island”, “Kitson Island”, and “Kittson Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Steilacoom Catholic Church.
Steilacoom Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Murderbike, Public domain.
The Steilacoom Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Steilacoom, Washington, United States. It was originally built in 1855 near Fort Steilacoom, but was moved to its present location in 1864. Steilacoom Catholic Church is situated 2 miles northeast of Ketron Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steilacoom and DuPont.
Steilacoom
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steilacoom, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern Puget Sound, is the oldest incorporated town in Washington state. It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.
DuPont
Town
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
DuPont is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,151 at the 2020 census. Originally a company town, the city is named after the DuPont chemical company which operated an explosives manufacturing plant in the area from 1909 to 1975. DuPont is situated 4 miles south of Ketron Island.
Fort Lewis
Town
Photo: Squelle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord. Fort Lewis is situated 5 miles southeast of Ketron Island.
Ketron Island
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Ketron Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ketron Island”
- Chechen: “Кетрон-Айленд”
- Chinese: “凯崇岛”
- Chinese: “凱崇島”
- Chinese: “科特羅島”
- Dutch: “Ketron Island”
- French: “île Ketron”
- French: “Île Ketron”
- German: “Ketron Island”
- Gilaki: “کترون آیلند (واشینگتن)”
- Gilaki: “کترون آیلند”
- Hungarian: “Ketron-sziget”
- Irish: “Ketron Island”
- Ladin: “Ketron Island”
- Persian: “کرتون آیلند، واشینگتن”
- Persian: “کرتون آیلند”
- Polish: “Ketron Island”
- Russian: “Кетрон (остров)”
- Russian: “Кетрон”
- Serbian: “Кетрон Ајланд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ketron Island, Washington”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ketron Island”
- Spanish: “Ketron Island”
- Tatar: “Кетрон-Айленд”
- Ukrainian: “Кетрон-Айленд”
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