Pinkney City (Washington)

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John Holst's farm near Colville

Pinkney City (also called Pinkneyville ) was a small community outside of Fort Colville in what is now Stevens County in Washington state . Originally the community was named after the captain (with the rank of major) Pinkney Lugenbeel, the builder and from 1859 first commandant of the fort. The town grew rapidly around the newly founded fort.

The civil town immediately north of the US Army Post quickly became a major commercial center and in 1860 the county seat of the original Spokane County . In 1863, the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners asked the legislature to make Stevens County , which had not yet been established, part of Spokane County. The Washington Territorial Legislature , however, dissolved Spokane County in 1864 and made it part of Stevens County with the original Spokane County Commissioners ; the county seat in Pinkney City was retained. The city's first post office was established on December 17, 1859, and closed on April 17, 1860. Another post office was established on November 25, 1862 and named Fort Colville. Its name was changed to Colville on April 13, 1883. After the fort was abandoned in 1882, Pinkney City began to disappear; most businesses relocated to Colville, three miles away .

Pinkney City is on Aladdin Road / Douglas Falls Road . The speed limit in this area is 35 mph (56.3 km / h).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Graham, Patrick J. 2006, Colville Collections Book Two Military Fort Colville, 1859–1882, Colville, Washington, Statesman-Examiner, ISBN No. 0-9705654-3-3-7
  2. ^ Newton, Carl Abbott & Carver, Fred E, 1978, The Evolution of Washington Counties, Yakima Valley, Yakima Valley Genealogical Society,
  3. ^ Stevens County Commissioners Journal Book A 1860-1883
  4. ↑ Ramsey, Guy Reed, 1960-66, Postmarked Washington: 1850-1960.
  5. ↑ http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7992
  6. ↑ http://historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7995
  7. ↑ http://www.villageprofile.com/washington/colville/02/topic.html

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Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '  N , 117 ° 53'  W