Preston, Washington

For the person, see Preston Washington.

Preston
Unincorporated community
Typical houses in Preston, WA
Preston Location within the state of Washington
Coordinates: 47°31′26″N 121°55′33″W / 47.52389°N 121.92583°W / 47.52389; -121.92583Coordinates: 47°31′26″N 121°55′33″W / 47.52389°N 121.92583°W / 47.52389; -121.92583
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	King
Elevation	430 ft (130 m)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	98027
Area code(s)	425
GNIS feature ID	1524632^[1]

Preston is a small unincorporated community and exurban community located 22 miles (35 km) east of Seattle in King County, Washington, United States. The community was named after railway official William T. Preston.^[2]

Preston is a historic mill town on the northeast edge of the large Tiger Mountain State Forest, along Interstate 90. Preston, elevation 430 ft, is located within commuting distance of Seattle and Bellevue.

The local Raging River feeds into the Snoqualmie River at Fall City, and offers recreational activities like fly-fishing and swimming. Eastside Fire & Rescue has an all-volunteer fire station, Station 74, staffed by residents of Preston and nearby communities, which serves the Preston area.

The Preston Community Club is a volunteer organization that was created to unite and protect the historic Preston community by organizing town events, and acting as liaisons to local and state government. Several small stores have popped up as the area grows, such as the Preston General store, Indoor Garden & Lighting, Coffee Too!, Subway, and the Preston Post Office. Several larger companies have taken advantage of Preston's accessibility, such as bottled water company Talking Rain, SanMar, and Platt.

The Preston Community Clubhouse, built as a Works Projects Administration project in 1939, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Surrounding locations

Preston

Hobart

North Bend

References

↑ "Preston". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 231.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Preston, Washington.

Municipalities and communities of King County, Washington, United States

County seat: Seattle

Cities	Algona Auburn‡ Bellevue Black Diamond Bothell‡ Burien Carnation Clyde Hill Covington Des Moines Duvall Enumclaw‡ Federal Way Issaquah Kenmore Kent Kirkland Lake Forest Park Maple Valley Medina Mercer Island Milton‡ Newcastle Normandy Park North Bend Pacific‡ Redmond Renton Sammamish SeaTac Seattle Shoreline Snoqualmie Tukwila Woodinville

Towns	Beaux Arts Village Hunts Point Skykomish Yarrow Point

CDPs	Ames Lake Baring Boulevard Park Bryn Mawr-Skyway Cottage Lake East Renton Highlands Fairwood Fall City Hobart Klahanie Lake Holm Lake Marcel-Stillwater Lake Morton-Berrydale Lakeland North Lakeland South Maple Heights-Lake Desire Mirrormont Ravensdale Riverbend Riverton Shadow Lake Snoqualmie Pass‡ Tanner Union Hill-Novelty Hill Vashon White Center Wilderness Rim

Unincorporated communities	Bayne Cumberland Edgewick Ernie's Grove Grotto High Point Kanaskat Kangley Krain Lisabeula Magnolia Beach Osceola Palmer Preston Raeco Selleck Stillwater Veazie White

Indian reservation	Muckleshoot Reservation‡

Ghost towns	Barneston Hot Springs Kerriston Lester Nagrom Page Rockdale Sheridan Taylor Wellington Weston

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.