Ford 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
Stevens County,
Washington, United States. It is on
Washington State Route 231 south-southwest of
Springdale. Ford has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 99013. Ford has a nondenominational community church. A little-known historical monument commemorating the
Tshimakain Mission stands just outside of the main town.
Geography
Ford is located in southern Stevens County, approximately five miles north of the
Spokane River
The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the Spokane Valley and the city o ...
which serves as the county's southern border. Tshimakain Creek flows into Chamokane Creek at Ford, which flows from the northwest across the Walkers Prairie through Ford and ultimately into the Spokane River.
Chamokane Creek serves as the boundary of the
Spokane Indian Reservation, which is located immediately west of Ford.
Washington State Route 231 is the main road through Ford.
Ford is located in a mountainous area at the base of Happy Hill, which rises more than 600 feet immediately to the southeast of the community. The northeast–southwest trending Walkers Prairie and valley floor along which Chamokane Creek flows is relatively flat and at an elevation of between 1,700 and 1,800 feet above sea level in the vicinity of the community.
References
Unincorporated communities in Stevens County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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