Fox Island School
The Fox Island School is a former public school in Fox Island, Washington. On 15. July 1987 the National Register of Historic Places listed the building under the reference number 87001167 as a historic building.Photo: Hedwig in Washington, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tanglewood Island and Tacoma Narrows Airport.
Tanglewood Island
Islet
Tanglewood Island is a small island in Hale Passage off the northern shore of Fox Island in Pierce County, Washington. It was originally called Grave Island and was sacred to the Nisqually Indians, who for decades practiced tree burials by placing their honored dead in dugout canoes high in the fir trees.
Tacoma Narrows Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Marshall Stax, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tacoma Narrows Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located 5 mi west of the central business district of Tacoma, a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Tacoma Narrows Airport is situated 2½ miles northeast of Fox Island School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fox Island and Artondale.
Fox Island
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fox Island is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the Kitsap Peninsula, in the Puget Sound of Washington state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.
Artondale
Town
Artondale is a census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 13,641 at the 2020 census. Artondale is situated 3 miles north of Fox Island School.
University Place
Town
Photo: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0.
University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 34,866 at the 2020 census. University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive. University Place is situated 4½ miles southeast of Fox Island School.
Fox Island School
- Type: Building
- Description: architectural structure
- Category: school building
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.254° or 47° 15′ 14″ northLongitude
-122.62146° or 122° 37′ 17″ westOpen location code
84VV793H+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 755197373OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1440176
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to German—“Fox Island School” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Fox Island School”
- Dutch: “Fox Island School”
- French: “Fox Island School”
- German: “Fox Island School”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nichols Community Center and Fox Island Alliance Church.
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