Pacific Beach is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Grays Harbor County,
Washington
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, United States. The population was 291 at the
2010 census.
Prior to 2010 it was part of the
Moclips CDP.
Geography
Pacific Beach is located in western Grays Harbor County, along the
Pacific Ocean
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. It is bordered to the north by Moclips and to the south by Joe Creek. The CDP includes the neighborhood of Highland Heights, north of Pacific Beach proper.
State Route 109 passes through the CDP, leading north through Moclips to its terminus at
Taholah, and south to
Copalis Beach
Copalis Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 415 at the 2010 census.
The name "Copalis" comes from the Quinault language term /k'ʷpíls/. The Copalis are a Native Ameri ...
.
Hoquiam
Hoquiam ( ) is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. It borders the city of Aberdeen at Myrtle Street, with Hoquiam to the west. The two cities share a common economic history in lumbering and exporting, but Hoquiam has maintai ...
is to the southeast.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Pacific Beach CDP has a total area of , of which , or 2.07%, are water.
References
External links
Pacific Beach community website![Pacific Beach Washington beach panorama](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Pacific_Beach_Washington_beach_panorama.JPG)
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Census-designated places in Grays Harbor County, Washington
Census-designated places in Washington (state)
Populated coastal places in Washington (state)