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Clallam County, Washington

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
51historic places
—earliest paper
1854formed
77,155pop. 2020
9cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 51 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Port Angeles, Sequim, Sekiu.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Washington is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Clallam titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 51 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

51 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aircraft Warning Service Observation TowerAgnewStructure1993
Altair Campground Community KitchenPort AngelesStructure2007
Beaver SchoolBeaverBuilding1992
Blue Mountain SchoolPort AngelesBuilding1987
Canyon Creek ShelterPort AngelesBuilding2007
Clallam County CourthousePort AngelesBuilding1987
Dodger Point Fire LookoutPort AngelesStructure2007
Dungeness River BridgeSequimStructure1982
Dungeness SchoolDungenessBuilding1988
Eagle Ranger StationPort AngelesDistrict2007
Elkhorn Guard StationPort AngelesDistrict2007
Elwah Campground Community KitchenPort AngelesStructure2007
Elwha Ranger StationPort AngelesDistrict2007
Elwha River BridgeElwhaStructure1982
Elwha River Hydroelectric Power PlantPort AngelesDistrict1988
Emery FarmsteadPort AngelesBuilding1988
Fifteen Mile ShelterPort NgelesBuilding2007
Glines Canyon Hydroelectric Power PlantPort AngelesDistrict1988
Hoko River Archeological SitePyshtSite1978
Hoko River Rockshelter Archeological SiteSekiuSite1980
Humes Ranch CabinPort AngelesBuilding1977
Humes Ranch Cabin (Boundary Increase)Port AngelesBuilding2007
Hyak ShelterPort AngelesBuilding2007
Hyer, John A., FarmSequimBuilding1994
Manis Mastodon SiteSequimSite1978
Masonic TemplePort AngelesBuilding1989
McAlmond HouseSequimBuilding1976
Michael's CabinPort AngelesBuilding2007
Naval Lodge Elks BuildingPort AngelesBuilding1986
New Dungeness Light StationSequimDistrict1993
North Fork Sol Duc ShelterPort AngelesBuilding2007
Olympic National Park Headquarters Historic DistrictPort AngelesDistrict2007
Ozette Indian Village Archeological SiteLa PushSite1974
Paris, Joseph, HousePort AngelesBuilding1987
Port Angeles Civic Historic DistrictPort AngelesDistrict2011
Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service LookoutPort AngelesStructure2007
Roose, Peter, HomesteadPort AngelesDistrict2007
Rosemary InnPort AngelesBuilding1979
Sekiu SchoolSekiuBuilding1991
Sequim Opera HouseSequimBuilding1991
Singer's Lake Crescent TavernPort AngelesDistrict2007
Slip Point Light StationClallam BayBuilding2023
St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchPort AngelesBuilding1987
Storm King Ranger StationPort AngelesBuilding2007
Tatoosh IslandOlympic PeninsulaBuilding1972
Three Forks ShelterPort AngelesBuilding2007
Tse whit zen VillagePort AngelesSite2014
U.S. Post OfficePort AngelesBuilding1983
US Quarantine Station Surgeon's ResidenceSequimBuilding1989
Wedding Rock PetroglyphsForksSite1976
Wendel PropertyPort AngelesBuilding2007

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clallam was formed in 1854 (1854-04-26) from Jefferson.

CLALLAM created by Washington Territory from JEFFERSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clallam County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

77k39k1491860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1496385,60311,36821,84826,39630,02251,64864,52577,155

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Olympic National ParkPark unit27.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

9 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 9 of 9 listed
NameLatLon
Forks Cemetery47.95793-124.3692
Jamestown S'klallam Tribe Cemetery48.12371-123.0926
Mount Angeles Memorial Park Cemetery48.10279-123.38549
Neah Bay Cemetery48.36637-124.58089
Ocean View Cemetery48.13063-123.50931
Old Cemetery48.07256-124.66049
Old Clallam Bay Cemetery48.23952-124.26103
Quillayute Prairie Cemetery47.94276-124.54147
Sequim View Cemetery48.10212-123.10456

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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