Hoquiam, Washington
Grays Harbor County · Population 8,776 · Card no. 1046
Aberdeen's twin on the harbor, built on lumber and the mills at the mouth of the Hoquiam River.
- The name is from a Salish word often given as hungry for wood, for driftwood piled at the river mouth.
- Hoquiam's Castle, an 1897 lumber baron's mansion, stands on the hill.
- The two towns run together with no visible break.
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