Anatone () is an

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in the

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, located in

Asotin County, Washington Asotin County () is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,285. The county seat is at Asotin, and its largest city is Clarkston. The county was created out of Garfield County in 1883 and derive ...

. Because it is not tracked by the U.S. Census, a Census population estimate is not available. However the citizens of Anatone perform a population census themselves and update the sign (pictured below) every summer. Anatone is assigned the ZIP code 99401. Anatone was first settled in 1878 by Daniel McIvor and Charles Isecke. It was named for a

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woman. It is a working class agricultural area, near the

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with

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and

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. The primary crop grown in the area is wheat, and no services are available. As of 2000, an estimated 221 people lived in areas served by the Anatone Post Office, in 167 housing units. As of January 1, 2010, there are 38 people in the town of Anatone. Anatone is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA

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, and is approximately south of Clarkston on State Route 129. Fields Spring State Park is south of Anatone on State Route 129.

Images

Image:Anatone wa 2001.jpg, Anatone, WA (2001) Image:Anatone WA.jpg, Anatone, WA (2003)

Climate

According to the

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system, Anatone has a

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, abbreviated "Dsb" on climate maps.

Notable People

Aaron Shearer Aaron Shearer (6 September 1919 – 21 April 2008) was an American classical guitarist known primarily as a Pedagogy, pedagogue. History He was born in Anatone, Washington to Nettie Pearl Moody and Floyd David Shearer, and was a guitar pupil of Sop ...

, classical guitarist

References

External links

* Unincorporated communities in Asotin County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area {{AsotinCountyWA-geo-stub