Addy is an

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and

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Stevens County, Washington Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–US border. At the 2020 census, its population was 46,445. As of July 2021, the population was estimated to be 47,426. The county seat and largest city is Co ...

, United States. It is located on the

Colville River (Washington) The Colville River is a 60-mile (100 km) long tributary of the Columbia River in northeastern Washington in the United States. Course The Colville River begins in southern Stevens County, Washington at the confluence of Sheep Creek and Dee ...

and

U.S. Route 395 U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a U.S. Route in the western United States. The southern terminus of the route is in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia. The northern terminus is at the Canada–US border near Laurier, where the road be ...

between Colville to the north and

Chewelah Chewelah ( ) is a city in Stevens County, Washington, United States. It is located approximately northwest of Spokane, Washington, Spokane. The population was 2,607 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, a 19.3% increase from 2000. Hist ...

to the south.

History

Addy was first settled in 1851 by Magnus Flett, a Hudson's Bay Company (

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) employee, after he retired to the Addy area.Lives Lived West of the Rockies: A biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858 by Bruce Watson Thomas Stensgar retired from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1852 and obtained the first homestead in the area in 1867. Addy was originally a Swiss dairy community. Addy was named in 1890 by E. S. Dudrey, storekeeper and the town's first postmaster, for his wife Adeline, nicknamed Addy. Addy became the stop between Chewelah and Colville on the

Spokane Falls and Northern Railway The Spokane Falls & Northern (SF&N) is a historic railroad that operated in northeast Washington state. The SF&N initially connected the city of Spokane (then called Spokane Falls) with the Canada–United States border at Waneta, British Columbia ...

at the end of March 1892. Addy was platted by G. Fatzer in 1893. In 1975,

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built a magnesium smelter, which became the largest employer in the county. In 2001, Alcoa closed the plant due to unfavorable market conditions. The first school was built in 1884 under Stevens County District 11. In 1967, the last Addy school was closed and students were bused to Chewelah. A small town alongside State Route 395, Addy was not tracked by the

2000 U.S. Census The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 cen ...

, but in the 2010 census the population was 265. The town has one gas station, and a coffee shop. There is one restaurant in town, although several other businesses cater to the primarily agricultural local economy. Addy is assigned the ZIP code 99101.

Climate

This

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region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

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system, Addy has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Stevens County, Washington Census-designated places in Stevens County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) Census-designated places in Washington (state) Populated places established in 1851 1851 establishments in Oregon Territory