Peone 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
Spokane County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington.
Geography
Peone is located in the northeastern corner of the Peone Prairie, where the rolling and open farmland meets the foothills of
Mount Spokane, at an elevation of 1,865 feet above sea level.
Deadman Creek emerges from the mountains and onto the prairie at Peone.
Washington State Route 206 runs through the community, traveling from
Mead, Washington on the west and up into
Mount Spokane State Park on the east.
The Peone Prairie opens up to the southwest of Peone.
There is little visible distinction between the community site of Peone and the rest of the prairie at present. The entire area is dominated by farmland with homes spaced well apart.
Peone is a 30-minute drive from
Downtown Spokane
Downtown Spokane or Riverside is the central business district of Spokane, Washington. The Riverside neighborhood is roughly bounded by I-90 to the south, Division Street to the east, Monroe Street to the west and Boone Avenue to the north. The ...
, located 16 miles to the southwest. North of Peone and at a higher elevation is the community of
Green Bluff, Washington.
History
A post office called Peone was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1933. The community was named after a Peone Indian tribal chief.
Due to its proximity to Spokane and its suburbs, the rural character of the Peone area has been changing in recent decades.
The once firmly rural area has seen an increase in residential development that has brought an increasingly
exurb
An exurb (or alternately: exurban area) is an area outside the typically denser inner suburbs, suburban area, at the edge of a metropolitan area, which has some economic and commuting connection to the metro area, low housing-density,
and rela ...
an flavor to the community.
References
Unincorporated communities in Spokane County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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