Tumtum 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 Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

, United States. Tumtum is located along the Long Lake 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 ...

, also known as Lake Spokane, and

Washington State Route 291 State Route 291 (SR 291) is a State highways in Washington, state highway in Eastern Washington in the United States. It travels east–west along the north side of the Spokane River between Spokane, Washington, Spokane and the Long L ...

northwest of

Spokane Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south ...

. Tumtum has a ZIP code of 99034.ZIP Code Lookup
/ref> Tumtum is a

Chinook Jargon Chinook Jargon (' or ', also known simply as ''Chinook'' or ''Jargon'') is a language originating as a pidgin language, pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest. It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to othe ...

term meaning "heart/soul".

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Unincorporated communities in Stevens County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{StevensCountyWA-geo-stub