Essex

Essex is a locality in Thurston, Washington. Essex is situated nearby to the village Grand Mound, as well as near the hamlet Sunnydale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Mound and Rochester.

Grand Mound

Village

Photo: Redtitan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grand Mound is a community and census-designated place in Thurston County, Washington, United States. It was named and founded by Jotham Weeks Goodell, father of Phoebe Judson, in 1851.

Rochester is a census-designated place in Thurston County, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1852, and the 2020 census recorded its population at 6,064. Rochester is situated 4½ miles west of Essex.

Centralia

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Centralia is a city in southwestern Washington State. It is a great place to stop for food and supplies when traveling between Seattle and Portland, as it is almost exactly halfway between the two. It is a twin city with Chehalis to the south.

Essex

Type: Locality
Location: Thurston, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.80475° or 46° 48′ 17″ north

Longitude

-123.00514° or 123° 0′ 19″ west

Elevation

184 feet (56 metres)

Open location code

84RRRX3V+VW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150938492

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

5844129

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