Cinebar 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 ...

Lewis County, Washington Lewis County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 82,149. The county seat is Chehalis, and its largest city is Centralia. Lewis County comprises the Centralia, WA Micropolitan Stat ...

, United States. It is located between State Route 508 and

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. Named for the

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present in the mountains to the northeast, Cinebar is a rural area with a post office and fire station on State Route 508. Other communities near Cinebar include Silver Creek, Salkum, Morton, Onalaska, Napavine, Chehalis, and Centralia.

Parks and recreation

Tilton River State Park, between Cinebar and Morton, is a 102-acre natural area owned by the state. In 2017, the

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proposed a project on the site to "provide fishing, river access and wildlife viewing. In the future it could provide a

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release site as well as habitat." Other nearby attractions and points of interest include the

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, the

Tilton River The Tilton River is a tributary of the Cowlitz River, in the U.S. state of Washington. Named for the first territorial surveyor for Washington Territory James Tilton (surveyor), it flows for about , entirely within Lewis County. Course The T ...

, Lake Mayfield, Lake Mayfield Park, Mayfield Resort, and Ike Kinswa State Park.

Government and politics

Politics

Cinebar has historically voted Republican and

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, similar in voting demographics in respects to other rural areas within Lewis County. As this is an

, there are no defined bounds, and the precinct may be incongruous with the census boundaries. The 2020 election included 6 votes for candidates of the Libertarian Party.

References

Sources
US Census Information
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