McIntosh is an
unincorporated community
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in
Thurston County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington
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.
The community is situated around
McIntosh Lake
McIntosh Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Washington. The lake has a surface area of , and reaches a depth of .
McIntosh Lake takes its name from the adjacent community of McIntosh
McIntosh, Macintosh, or Mackintosh (Gaelic: ') may refer to:
...
off
Washington State Route 507
State Route 507 (SR 507) is a Washington state highway in Lewis, Thurston and Pierce counties that extends from (I-5) and (US 12) in Centralia to in Spanaway. The highway also intersects in Yelm and in McKenna. The first ...
between the cities of
Tenino and
Rainer.
History
The community was named in 1889 by Northern Pacific Railroad officials after a local landholder who gave them land in exchange for the naming rights.
A post office was in operation at McIntosh from 1904 until 1928.
References
Unincorporated communities in Thurston County, Washington
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