Cougar, Washington

Cougar, Washington
Unincorporated community
Cougar
Cougar

Location in the state of Washington

Coordinates: 46°03′05″N 122°17′58″W / 46.05139°N 122.29944°W / 46.05139; -122.29944Coordinates: 46°03′05″N 122°17′58″W / 46.05139°N 122.29944°W / 46.05139; -122.29944
Country  United States of America
State  Washington
County Cowlitz
Elevation[1] 156 m (512 ft)
Time zone PST (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP code 98616
Area code(s) 360
FIPS code 53-15010
GNIS feature ID 1518146

Cougar is an unincorporated community and former town in Cowlitz County, Washington, northeast of the city of Woodland. Cougar is located 10.9 miles (17.5 km) northeast of Woodland along Washington State Route 503 and situated along the northwest bank of Yale Lake, a reservoir on the Lewis River. The population was 122 at the 1990 Census, when it was still incorporated as a town, but disincorporated before the 2000 Census. The Cougar community is part of the Woodland School District, a K-12 school district of about 2,200 students. Cougar is the nearest community to Mount St. Helens, which lies 11 miles (18 km) to its northeast. The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States.

A post office called Cougar was established in 1902.[2] The community was named after the cougar.[3]

Geography

Cougar is located at 46°03′05″N 122°17′58″W / 46.05139°N 122.29944°W / 46.05139; -122.29944 (46.0514993, -122.2995413).[4]

A notable Cougar resident is Gary Bennett, former Arista Records Recording Artist and founding member of country band, BR549.

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Hotels

References

  1. ↑ "USGS—Cougar, Washington". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 57.
  4. ↑ "2013 U.S. Gazetteer Files". census.gov. Retrieved 12 June 2014.


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