Wellington, Washington
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Wellington, Washington

Administration
Full nameWellington
Settlement typeUnincorporated area
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyKing
Demography
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePacific (PST) (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)PDT (UTC-7)

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Wellington (later known as Tye) was a small unincorporated railroad community on the Great Northern Railway in northeastern King County, Washington. Founded in 1893, it was located at the west portal of the original Cascade Tunnel under Stevens Pass. It is infamous for being the site of the March 1, 1910, Wellington avalanche, the worst avalanche in United States history, in which 96 people died. (The number of deaths is a matter of dispute. Newspapers of the time reported 118 deaths in blazing headlines. It is said that the railroad itself persuaded officials to lower the death count in an attempt to reduce the significance of the event. While this seems unlikely, so does renaming the town, which they did do.)

After the disaster, the town's name was changed to Tye, after the nearby Tye River, because of the negative connotation of the original name.

Tye was abandoned in 1929 when the second Cascade Tunnel came into use.

This ghost town went on to have an elementary school built and named after it. Wellington Elementary is an elementary school in the Northshore School District.


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POLITICS: RUSSIA REBUILDS NAURU'S INFRASTRUCTURE - Island Business Tweet this news
Island Business---...- small islands states no longer accept their impoverished nations as mere security reference points in discussions in Canberra, -Wellington-, -Washington- or ... - Date : Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:49:04 GMT+00:00
US men out of top 10 tennis rankings for first time in 37 years - One News Page Tweet this news
One News Page--A-League -Wellington- Phoenix World Cup New Zealand national team coach Ricki Herbert admits he is... "What's the matter with us?" demands Bob Herbert in his ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:41:24 GMT+00:00
Pepco Holdings CEO to Present at the East Coast Utilities Seminar - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)---WASHINGTON-, Aug 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM) announced today that Joseph M. Rigby, Chairman, President and Chief Executive ... - Date : Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:11:37 GMT+00:00
'Power Up' children's day camp planned - NorthJersey.com Tweet this news
NorthJersey.com--The camp will take place at 568 -Wellington- Dr. in Wyckoff. Limited transportation is available from the -Washington- Township facility. Registration is free. ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:42:21 GMT+00:00
Roll call of ministers' credit card spending - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
Stuff.co.nz--In 2005, his staff's card was used to pay for $200 worth of food at -Wellington's- Backbencher pub for a staff teambuilding function because they were facing ... - Date : Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:42:21 GMT+00:00
Only one black on ballot to serve in Colorado legislature - Denver Post Tweet this news
Denver Post--"It's hard to imagine," said -Wellington- Webb, Denver's first black mayor and a Williams supporter. "For those progressives who think integration and ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:25:21 GMT+00:00
NZ Dollar Is Overvalued by as Much as 25%, IMF Says - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--New Zealand's dollar bought 66.30 US cents as at 2:10 pm in -Wellington- from 66.29 cents in New York yesterday. The country's medium-term budget outlook has ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 03:02:04 GMT+00:00
Kiwi charged with attempted murder in US - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
Stuff.co.nz---...- of -Washington- DC, police said. DeVaux appeared to have worked in -Wellington- for Standards New Zealand in 2004, after coming here from the United States. ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:17:52 GMT+00:00
Finally, India to get a national defence university - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--In -Washington-, for instance, it's commonplace to find "strategists'' straddling both the worlds with equal ease. Officials said INDU's charter will be to ... - Date : Wed, 12 May 2010 23:15:46 GMT+00:00
WWII veterans fly to see their war memorial at last - Globe and Mail Tweet this news
Globe and Mail--While looking at a portrait of a -Wellington- - the plane on which he had served as a radio operator - he allowed that his plane had gone down in the ... - Date : Mon, 03 May 2010 01:02:53 GMT+00:00

Municipalities and communities of King County, Washington (U.S. state)

County seat: Seattle
CitiesAlgona * 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
TownsBeaux Arts Village * Hunts Point * Skykomish * Yarrow Point
CDPsAmes Lake * Baring * Bryn Mawr-Skyway * Cascade-Fairwood * Cottage Lake * East Hill-Meridian * East Renton Highlands * Eastgate * Fall City * Hobart * Inglewood-Finn Hill * Kingsgate * Lake Marcel-Stillwater * Lake Morton-Berrydale * Lakeland North * Lakeland South * Maple Heights-Lake Desire * Mirrormont * Ravensdale * Riverbend * Riverton-Boulevard Park * Tanner * Union Hill-Novelty Hill * Vashon * West Lake Sammamish * White Center
Unincorporated
communities
Burton * Bayne * Cumberland * Dockton * Ernie's Grove * Grotto * Hot Springs * Kangley * Klahanie * Palmer * Portage * Preston * Wellington
Footnotes�This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties



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