Malone is an

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and

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(CDP) in Grays Harbor County,

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, United States. The population was 468 at the 2020 census. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Malone-Porter CDP; Malone and

Porter Porter may refer to: Companies * Porter Airlines, Canadian airline based in Toronto * Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets * Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer * H.K. Porter, Inc., a locom ...

are now separate CDPs. They are located just off

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, southeast of Elma and northwest of Oakville, and along a shortline that is part of the

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Geography

Malone is located in southeastern Grays Harbor County, east of the Chehalis River valley. It is bordered to the southeast by the

CDP and to the southwest by U.S. Route 12, which leads west to

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and southeast to Grand Mound and

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. According to the

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, the Malone CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.06%, are water. Malone is the home of Red's Hop N' Market, a mini-mart that is also the

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's (USPS) first official village post office, a post office located within an existing retail establishment, with limited service and no full-time

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.The new face of the U.S. post office
a September 12, 2011 CNN article The mini-mart's owner is paid $2,000/year by the US Postal Service to sell stamps and shipping supplies and allow the USPS to place mailboxes on-site.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Grays Harbor County, Washington Census-designated places in Washington (state)