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(CDP) in

Okanogan County Okanogan County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,104. The county seat is Okanogan, while the most populous city is Omak. It is the largest c ...

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, within the Greater Omak Area. The population was 78 at the 2010 census. Established in 1919, the community is located approximately east of Omak, along what is now Washington State Route 155. It was formerly a logging town that was home to the headquarters of the Biles-Coleman Logging Company. When the highway to Nespelem Community was improved, workers in the

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began commuting from Omak, and the town population began to dwindle. After the sawmill closed at the beginning of the

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, the town shrank further. For some time, the Highway Department used the empty warehouses in the town to store road working equipment, but that ultimately did not last, and the town was abandoned.

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Census-designated places in Washington (state) Geography of Okanogan County, Washington Ghost towns in Washington (state) Logging communities in the United States Census-designated places in Okanogan County, Washington Populated places in Greater Omak Populated places in the Okanagan Country {{Ghost-town-stub

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