Ostrander is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Cowlitz County, Washington
Cowlitz County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 110,730. The county seat is Kelso, and its largest city is Longview. The county was formed in April 1854. Its name derives from th ...
, north of the city of
Kelso. Ostrander is located north on North Pacific Avenue from exit 42 of
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels thro ...
. The Ostrander community is part of the
Kelso School District, a
K-12
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school district of nearly 5,000 students.
History
A post office called Ostrander was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1939. The community was named after Nathaniel Ostrander, an early settler.
References
External links
Kelso School District website
Unincorporated communities in Cowlitz County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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