Olympia
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- Names
Olympia
Smithfield
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located in W Washington at S tip of Puget Sound; named for nearby Olympic Mountains; chosen as capital of Washington Territory in 1853; mainstay of economy is lumber; is an important regional commercial center.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- AAA: Oregon/Washington (1993); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Died
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