Brinnon is a

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(CDP) in Jefferson County,

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, United States. The population was 907 at the 2020 census. The community is named for Ewell P. Brinnon, who in 1860 took a donation land claim at the mouth of the Duckabush River. Its known landmarks include Dosewallips State Park and Black Point Marina. Camp Parsons, founded in 1919 and the oldest

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camp west of the

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, sits just outside the north end of the community. Brinnon 5085

Geography

Brinnon is located approximately north of Olympia, on the

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's east side. It sits on the west side of

Hood Canal Hood Canal is a fjord-like body of water that lies south of Admiralty Inlet in Washington State that some consider to be the western lobe and one of the five main basins of Puget Sound.Olympic National Forest Olympic National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Washington. With an area of , it nearly surrounds Olympic National Park and the Olympic Mountain range. Olympic National Forest contains parts of Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, ...

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runs the length of the community, leading south to Olympia and north to

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. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.57%, are water. The CDP extends from Wawa Point in the north, just south of Jackson Cove, to the Mason County line in the south at Triton Cove, and includes the unincorporated communities (from north to south) of Seal Rock, Brinnon, and Duckabush. The Dosewallips River crosses the north-central part of the CDP and enters Hood Canal at Brinnon Flats just north of the settlement of Brinnon, while the Duckabush River crosses the south-central part of the CDP, entering Hood Canal at Duckabush village, just south of Black Point.

Climate

Brinnon experiences an

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(

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''Cfb'') and is almost categorised as part of the ''Csb'' climate category, receiving slightly more than , the threshold for ''Cfb'' inclusion.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 803 people, 413 households, and 258 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 81.3 people per square mile (31.4/km²). There were 912 housing units at an average density of 92.4/sq mi (35.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.65%

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, 0.25%

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, 1.49% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.25%

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, 1.00% from other races, and 3.74% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.99% of the population. There were 413 households, out of which 10.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were

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living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.94 and the average family size was 2.36. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 10.7% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 15.6% from 25 to 44, 34.9% from 45 to 64, and 35.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 58 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $27,885, and the median income for a family was $34,375. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $16,500 for females. The

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for the CDP was $19,820. About 9.9% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the

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, including 23.3% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

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