Center 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
Jefferson County,
Washington,
United States
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.(dead link) Center was so named because it was at one point considered to be the center of Jefferson County,
although it is now significantly to the east. Center is not a town, but rather the name often applied to this residential part of the county.
References
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Washington
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